[R] difference between assignment syntax <- vs =

[Wacek Kusnierczyk]

Thomas Lumley wrote:
>
> Although it's probably true that most long-time R users use <-, this
> is at least in part because a long-time R user would initially have
> had to use <-, since = wasn't available in the distant past.
>
> I would say that it's entirely a matter of taste -- the things that
> otherwise could have been traps are mostly syntax errors.  The only
> proviso is that if you post code using = it is (even more) important
> to leave spaces around the = than it would be for <-.

the reason being ...?

vQ