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rfortunes
2018-08-12T08:00:03+00:00
rstats

Thomas W. Blackwell: I just discovered to my surprise that I cannot define a function with an argument named 'break' or 'while'!
Brian D. Ripley: No, they are reserved names. [...] Most programming languages have reserved words, so I am surprised you are surprised.
-- Thomas W. Blackwell and Brian D. Ripley
R-help (November 2003) #Rstats