I am of the opposite opinion, but perhaps I can be converted.
Do you have an example of where it would be required to use '<-'? Not just median(x <- 10), but a use in which there no simple '=' alternative.
Do you have an example of where it would be required to use '<-'? Not just median(x <- 10), but a use in which there no simple '=' alternative.
This applies in all languages:
vec1 = rnorm(100)
system.time(vec1)
mean(vec1)
And, I can get my colleagues to fix it when I screw up, even though they are not R-heads.
> system.time(vec1 <- rnorm(1000000))
user system elapsed
0.200 0.000 0.199
> vec1 = rnorm(1000000)
> system.time(vec1)
user system elapsed
0 0 0