[Rd] Computer algebra in R - would that be an idea??

[Peter Dalgaard]

Ayal Pinkus <apinkus at xs4all.nl> writes:

> Hi,
> 
> >
> > R builds fine under Windows (though you need to pay attention to  
> > the details
> > which are in the (binary) distribution in the pdf files, in  
> > particular: `R
> > Installation and Administration Manual', a html copy is also on the  
> > website;
> > and the README* and INSTALL files in src/gnuwin32/ ).  These  
> > details look
> > tedious at first, and you may have to install a few things, but it  
> > keeps the
> > sources closely tied between Windoze and the Unixish operating  
> > systems on
> > which many of us prefer to develop.
> >
> 
> Ok. Unfortunately I work on a Mac OS X at home (I have access to  
> Windows, MS DevStudio
> at work but want to keep work and hobby separate). I do work with  
> Xcode (have to
> delve deeper in to Cocoa still though). Can integration also be done  
> on Mac OS X?
> If I understood correctly you go the COM route for integration on  
> Windows?

Whoa! Be careful there, there is no collective "you"; this is a
mailing list. 

Søren, Dirk, Gabor, and I are four quite distinct people, and at least
Dirk and I are Linux people who would rather not touch COM...
Especially not when there's a perfectly fine library embedding method
available. This approach usually works across all platforms although
Windows and Macs tend to require a few extra twists. (I'm not up to
speed on Macs. I gather that OS X managed to mess up dynamic linking
somewhat but I believe it has all been sorted. You should probably
have a peek at the MacOSX FAQ at
http://cran.r-project.org/bin/macosx/RMacOSX-FAQ.html and the page
http://www.economia.unimi.it/R)

 
> CrystalSpace is a 3d engine that has a COM simulation layer for Unix- 
> style platforms
> I think (last time I looked was a few years back). It would  
> essentially be a thin layer
> to implementations of abstract classes.
> 
> I did download R for Mac OS X. It is quite a nice package! I wish I  
> had looked at it earlier.
> You did a very good job on the user interface.

...and Stefano and Simon who were the main players in this development
are yet another different "you".

> 
> > Allow me to add that this sounds very exciting.
> 
> I agree!
> 
> I am working on a Java port at the moment. I will try to make some  
> time later this evening
> or perhaps somewhere this week.

Sounds good. I wish I had more time for this, but there's a deadline
approaching... 

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