Advanced Object-oriented Programming In R: Stat... Review

The first step in strategic selection is understanding the fundamental divide in R’s approach to objects:

R6 (via the R6 package ) provides "classical" OOP similar to Java or C++. Advanced Object-Oriented Programming in R: Stat...

Methods belong to generic functions , not the objects themselves. When you call plot(x) , R looks at the class of x and decides which plot method to run. The first step in strategic selection is understanding

S3 is R’s original, informal OOP system. It is essentially a list with a "class" attribute. Advanced Object-Oriented Programming in R: Stat...