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<p class=MsoNormal>From the recently sent around R article under why R succeeded.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'>“<span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:URWPalladioL-Roma'>The package system, introduced early in
the life of<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:URWPalladioL-Roma'>R, permits individuals to participate in the
development<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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font-family:URWPalladioL-Roma'>of R without the direct intervention of the R<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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font-family:URWPalladioL-Roma'>Core group. In a sense, the package system —
like<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:URWPalladioL-Roma'>version control — is a technological
solution to a social<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:URWPalladioL-Roma'>problem: how to invite, motivate, and coordinate<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:URWPalladioL-Roma'>the activity of hundreds of volunteers without
overwhelming<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:URWPalladioL-Roma'>the
resources of the Core team.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:URWPalladioL-Roma'>We
need to have a place for user supplied libraries. We need to start it off by a
number of us including our own libraries. Finally, we need a way to review the
libraries, “certify them”, then add them to the core code.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:URWPalladioL-Roma'>Mark</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Mark
Maunder <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Head
of the Stock Assessment Program<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Inter-American
Tropical Tuna Commission<br>
8604 La Jolla Shores Drive<br>
La Jolla, CA, 92037-1508, USA<br>
<br>
Tel: (858) 546-7027<br>
Fax: (858) 546-7133<br>
<a href="mailto:mmaunder@iattc.org"><span style='color:blue'>mmaunder@iattc.org</span></a><br>
</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a
href="http://www.fisheriesstockassessment.com/TikiWiki/tiki-index.php?page=Mark+Maunder"><span
style='color:blue'>http://www.fisheriesstockassessment.com/TikiWiki/tiki-index.php?page=Mark+Maunder</span></a></span><span
style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Visit
the AD Model Builder project at<br>
<a href="http://admb-project.org/"><span style='color:#810081'>http://admb-project.org/</span></a></span><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>See the
following website for information on fisheries stock assessment<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><a
href="http://www.fisheriesstockassessment.com/"><span style='color:blue'>http://www.fisheriesstockassessment.com/</span></a></span><span
style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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