-
Notifications
You must be signed in to change notification settings - Fork 11
Commit
This commit does not belong to any branch on this repository, and may belong to a fork outside of the repository.
split R release names to separate file
- Loading branch information
Showing
2 changed files
with
83 additions
and
83 deletions.
There are no files selected for viewing
This file contains bidirectional Unicode text that may be interpreted or compiled differently than what appears below. To review, open the file in an editor that reveals hidden Unicode characters.
Learn more about bidirectional Unicode characters
This file contains bidirectional Unicode text that may be interpreted or compiled differently than what appears below. To review, open the file in an editor that reveals hidden Unicode characters.
Learn more about bidirectional Unicode characters
| Original file line number | Diff line number | Diff line change |
|---|---|---|
| @@ -0,0 +1,83 @@ | ||
| # R Release Names | ||
|
|
||
| The most-asked question about R? | ||
|
|
||
| Answer: "All of the release names are references to Peanuts strips/films." | ||
|
|
||
| Lucy D'Agostino McGowan, 2017-07-28, [R release names](https://livefreeordichotomize.com/2017/09/28/r-release-names/) | ||
|
|
||
|
|
||
| Releases since 2017-07-28: | ||
|
|
||
| * R 4.0.5 "Shake and Throw" (original strip: [1978-07-30](https://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/1978/07/30)) (R version release date: 2021-03-31) | ||
|
|
||
| - [HTTP response status code: 405 Method Not Allowed](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/405) | ||
|
|
||
| * R 4.0.4 "Lost Library Book" (original strip: [1959-03-02](https://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/1959/03/02)) (R version release date: 2021-02-15) | ||
|
|
||
| - Charlie Brown's lost library book was a weekday series that ran for 11 strips, starting on [1959-03-02](https://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/1959/03/02), running until [1959-03-13] (https://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/1959/03/13) | ||
|
|
||
| - The strips were rerun [2006-02-27](https://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/2006/02/27) through [2006-03-10](https://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/2006/03/10) | ||
|
|
||
|
|
||
| - Peter Dalgaard via twitter pointed out the pun inherent in the name (and the naming of R 4.0.3): | ||
|
|
||
|  | ||
|
|
||
| - [HTTP response status code: 404 Not Found](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/404) | ||
|
|
||
|
|
||
|
|
||
| * R 4.0.3 ["Bunny-Wunnies Freak Out"](https://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/1972/10/23) (original strip: 1972-10-23) (R version release date: 2020-10-10) | ||
|
|
||
| - _The Six Bunny-Wunnies Freak Out_ is detailed at the [Bunny Wunny entry at the Peanuts Wiki](https://peanuts.fandom.com/wiki/Bunny_Wunny) | ||
|
|
||
| - [HTTP response status code: 403 Forbidden](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/403) | ||
|
|
||
|
|
||
| * R 4.0.2 ["Taking Off Again"](https://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/1962/04/14) (original strip: 1962-04-14) (R version release date: 2020-06-22)--two weeks after R 4.0.1 was released, R 4.0.2 was released with a few bug fixes | ||
|
|
||
|
|
||
| * R 4.0.1 ["See Things Now"](https://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/1962/02/06) (original strip: 1962-02-06) (R version release date: 2020-06-06) | ||
|
|
||
|
|
||
| * R 4.0.0 ["Arbor Day"](https://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/1970/04/24) (original strip: 1970-04-24) (R version release date: 2020-04-24) | ||
|
|
||
| - The 1976 TV special [_It's Arbor Day, Charlie Brown_](https://peanuts.fandom.com/wiki/It%27s_Arbor_Day,_Charlie_Brown?fbclid=IwAR1LPS3ksgWm-MZlWZ0YicwyOCzOJK94LDfvZFibaScVrtaLY4O6ZrWzEVE) | ||
|
|
||
|
|
||
|
|
||
| * R 3.6.3 ["Holding the Windsock"](https://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/2000/02/29) (original strip: 2000-02-29—this date also saw the release of R 1.0.0!) (R version release date: 2020-02-29) | ||
|
|
||
| - Peter Dalgaard's [original announcement of the release of R-1.0.0 to stat.ethz.ch](https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-announce/2000/000127.html) | ||
|
|
||
|
|
||
| * R 3.6.2 ["Dark and Stormy Night"](https://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/1965/07/12) (original strip: 1965-07-12) (R version release date: 2019-12-12) | ||
|
|
||
| - the first appearance was the beginning of a running storyline that ran for the five subsequent strips (through 1965-07-17) | ||
|
|
||
| - it is a recurring theme in Snoopy's writings; Lucy points this out in the strip from [1997-04-12](https://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/1997/04/22) | ||
|
|
||
| - there are a few good puns to be made, such as [1983-05-02](https://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/1983/05/02) | ||
|
|
||
| - a complete story was published in 1971 as _Snoopy and the Dark and Stormy Night_ (Holt, Rinehart & Winston); [summary here](http://curiouspages.blogspot.com/2010/02/snoopy-and-it-was-dark-and-stormy-night.html); [full text here](https://mikeconley.ca/blog/2010/02/13/it-was-a-dark-and-stormy-night/) | ||
|
|
||
| - an in-depth assessment of Snoopy's use of "It was a dark and stormy night" can be found at tvtropes, under ["It Was a Dark and Stormy Night"](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ItWasADarkAndStormyNight); see the "Newspaper Comics" folder | ||
|
|
||
| - The literary cliche ["It was a dark and stormy night" has its own wikipedia entry](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_was_a_dark_and_stormy_night) | ||
|
|
||
|
|
||
| * R 3.6.1 ["Action of the Toes"](https://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/1971/03/22) (original strip: 1971-03-22) (R version release date: 2019-07-05) | ||
|
|
||
| * R 3.6.0 ["Planting of a Tree"](https://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/1963/03/03) (original strip: 1963-03-03) (R version release date: 2019-04-26) | ||
|
|
||
| * R 3.5.3 ["Great Truth"](https://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/1959/03/11) (original strip: 1959-03-11) (R version release date: 2019-03-11) | ||
|
|
||
| * R 3.5.2 ["Eggshell Igloos"](https://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/1960/01/25) (original strip: 1960-01-25) (R version release date: 2018-12-20) | ||
|
|
||
|
|
||
|
|
||
| (Another source for the strips is the [peanuts.fandom.com comics archive](https://peanuts.fandom.com/wiki/Category:Comic_strips)) | ||
|
|
||
|
|
||
| -30- |