[R] Real data type in FORTRAN

[Prof Brian Ripley]

> Date: Wed, 08 Nov 2000 11:51:02 +0000
> From: Agus Salim <a.salim at ucc.ie>
> 
> In FORTRAN we specify real*4 data type,

Perhaps you do, but the ISO Standard specifies REAL. What that
maps to is system-specific.

> what is the equivalence of this data type
> in R? is it single?

See ?Foreign.  R does not have a `single' data type, but .Fortran
can convert a double data type with the right attribute to and from 
a Fortran REAL.

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