[R] [off-topic] crossword

[Olivier Crouzet]

Thank you all for the helpful and enlightening comments. One question
though, isn't "say" a synonym in oral forms of american english for
"for example"? Which would translate to:

> Writes in C or R, [for example]. 

which would involve that C and R are possible examples of the usage
contexts considered here in which someone would "write"?

This would then make perfect sense to me for the proposed answer:
"codes".

Yours.
Olivier.


On Fri, 13 Dec 2024
08:02:32 +0000 CALUM POLWART <polc1410 using gmail.com> wrote:

> Well to complicate things, I don't think RULES is the answer.
> 
> This is a cryptic crossword clue. They usually contain the answer
> twice (well... Cryptically!!)
> 
> Writes in C or R, say.
> 
> I think the answer is CODER
> 
> If you look up the definition of say in the dictionary one option is:
> 
> 
> 
>    1. give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with
>    authority (verb)
> 
> 
> That's the simple part of the clue. (Notice the comma cryptic clues
> have two parts giving the "same" answer)
> 
> The more complex part I think is  that and 'ode' (a poem that is
> written like it is said or something) is written in between C and R
> giving C ODE R,
> 
> ...
> 
> 
> Very happy to be corrected...
> 
> 
> (Oh and as a third part a coder writes in C or R... I hope the
> JavaScript kids are listening ;-) )
> 
> On Fri, 13 Dec 2024, 04:26 Ebert,Timothy Aaron, <tebert using ufl.edu>
> wrote:
> 
> > I do not understand the question and I do not understand the answer.
> > Possibly one confounds the other.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: R-help <r-help-bounces using r-project.org> On Behalf Of Erin
> > Hodgess Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2024 11:56 AM
> > To: Bill Dunlap <williamwdunlap using gmail.com>
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> > Subject: Re: [R] [off-topic] crossword
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> > RULES!
> >
> >
> > Erin Hodgess, PhD
> > mailto: erinm.hodgess using gmail.com
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> >
> > On Thu, Dec 12, 2024 at 9:42 AM Bill Dunlap
> > <williamwdunlap using gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > The New York Times crossword this morning had the clue (51 down, 5
> > > letters) "Writes in C or R, say".
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> > > -Bill
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