From ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk  Wed Jan 21 11:35:55 2004
From: ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk (Prof Brian Ripley)
Date: Wed Jan 21 11:49:17 2004
Subject: [Rd] Another wishlist for R
In-Reply-To: <400E50DB.1070908@pburns.seanet.com>
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0401211031220.2824-100000@gannet.stats>

Note that `R base' could mean the base package or the R distribution, and 
I don't know which is meant.  Could one of you please clarify?

The base package in R-devel is much reduced, but these could be a 
candidates for the `utils' (or perhaps `tools') packages.

On Wed, 21 Jan 2004, Patrick Burns wrote:

> Warnes, Gregory R wrote:
> 
> >  
> >
> >>1. Add "head" and "tail" to R base.  
> >>   Patrick Burns has these: 
> >>http://www.burns-stat.com/pages/public.html#genutil
> >>   Very handy functions for checking data manipulation.
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >
> >How about we just add these to a package available on CRAN?  How about we
> >just make a package of the Burns Statistics functions?  There are already
> >.Rd files...
> >
> 
> This sounds suspiciously like an editorial "we".
> 
> I do have plans of a package of Burns Statistics functions, but haven't
> got around to it yet.  However, I do agree with Kevin that "head" and
> "tail" are good candidates for base (though I'm not sure it would be
> number 1 on my wishlist).  "head" and especially "tail" have value in
> programming as well as interactive use, which I think is a stronger
> argument for inclusion in base than just being handy interactively.  
> 
> Patrick Burns
> 
> Burns Statistics
> patrick@burns-stat.com
> +44 (0)20 8525 0696
> http://www.burns-stat.com
> (home of S Poetry and "A Guide for the Unwilling S User")
> 
> >  
> >
> 
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[Rd] Another wishlist for R
Prof Brian Ripley