Re: [R] Storing user-defined R functions

2011-03-25 Thread Duncan Murdoch
On 11-03-25 4:05 AM, David.Epstein wrote: Thanks to everyone for writing. A well-known phenomenon in mathematics, statistics and/or complex computing is that everything one already knows feels trivial and easy. It's as though one is permanently climbing a vertical cliff-face, while, if you look b

Re: [R] Storing user-defined R functions

2011-03-25 Thread David.Epstein
Thanks to everyone for writing. A well-known phenomenon in mathematics, statistics and/or complex computing is that everything one already knows feels trivial and easy. It's as though one is permanently climbing a vertical cliff-face, while, if you look back from where you've come, you see a level

Re: [R] Storing user-defined R functions

2011-03-24 Thread Duncan Murdoch
On 11-03-24 4:08 PM, Thomas Lumley wrote: On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 5:11 AM, David.Epstein wrote: Hello, I don't want to find out how to make packages unless that becomes necessary. Also, I don't want to clog up the computer memory with functions that I'm not using. (It would be great if someone

Re: [R] Storing user-defined R functions

2011-03-24 Thread David Scott
On 25/03/11 09:08, Thomas Lumley wrote: On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 5:11 AM, David.Epstein wrote: Hello, I don't want to find out how to make packages unless that becomes necessary. Also, I don't want to clog up the computer memory with functions that I'm not using. (It would be great if someone

Re: [R] Storing user-defined R functions

2011-03-24 Thread Thomas Lumley
On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 5:11 AM, David.Epstein wrote: > Hello, I don't want to find out how to make packages unless that becomes > necessary. Also, I don't want to clog up the computer memory with functions > that I'm not using. (It would be great if someone in this forum would > explain how memor