From Martin Maechler <maechler@stat.math.ethz.ch>  Fri Aug 22 10:17:34 1997
From: Martin Maechler <maechler@stat.math.ethz.ch> (Martin Maechler)
Date: Fri, 22 Aug 1997 11:17:34 +0200
Subject: R-alpha: a question on terminology
In-Reply-To: <199708212102.XAA03948@aragorn.ci.tuwien.ac.at> (message from
 Kurt Hornik on Thu, 21 Aug 1997 23:02:07 +0200)
Message-ID: <199708220917.LAA26226@sophie.ethz.ch>

>>>>> "Kurt" == Kurt Hornik <hornik@ci.tuwien.ac.at> writes:

    Kurt> Whereas we typically refer to the add-on `modules' as `libraries' (viz
    Kurt> also the way these are represented in the search list, and the variable
    Kurt> .Libraries), S speaks about `sections'.
[.Libraries are not used anymore ...
 search() & .Provided should be enough, ...]

    Kurt> Shall we stay with our terminology?
I think so.

    Kurt>  Or instead, speak of `sections',
    Kurt> Shall we stay with our terminology?  Or instead, speak of `sections',
    Kurt> `packages', `modules', ...?

Or use something which S does not use at all,
since 'require(.);  provide(.)' and  Thomas Lumley's  
autoload(..) features enable an entirely different approach.

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R-alpha: a question on terminology
Martin Maechler