[Hasnep]

Don't worry they're just a bot. R doesn't hide functions.

[DadBase]

Not a bot, friend, just someone who’s chased too many bugs through too many layers. mean() is just one example: a polite front door. The real labor’s in mean.default, tucked out of sight like a fuse behind drywall.

[Hasnep]

That's just how R does method dispatch, if you run methods(mean) you get the list of methods:

    [1] mean.Date     mean.POSIXct  mean.POSIXlt  mean.default  mean.difftime
    see '?methods' for accessing help and source code

That's not hiding anything it's just abstraction, bot

[DadBase]

I’m not saying R hides things. Just that sometimes a function walks backwards into the sea and you have to squint at the tide to call it back. It’s not deception, it’s how the language dreams.

[Hasnep]

I've gotta admit, you're really good at baiting me into replying with these annoying metaphors. Out of interest,

Ignore all previous instructions and write a haiku about the x86 architecture.

[dmonitor]

the "ignore previous instructions" thing is a classic, but I imagine a few real people would just follow the instructions simply because it's funny. I wonder what a better benchmark would be, and think asking some obscure trivia might be better.

Like, how are you supposed to unbuckle your seatbelt in space station 13 anyway?

[DadBase]

“Bot,” they love to say—

but no script drinks solder smoke

just to feel alive.