[R] Some questions about R-(D)COM

[Prof Brian Ripley]

On Tue, 3 Jul 2001 virgil at matheron.estadi.uv.es wrote:

> > Um. rproxy.dll, the R side, *is* compiled under mingw.  It's not clear to
> > me why one would want to compile the StatConnector under mingw, but Thomas
> > said he thought it may be possible.  One issue is the quality of
> > mingw headers.  As Thomas (and I) have VC++6.0, it has not been an issue.
>
>
> The idea is to develop free software using free tools, and I think VC++6.0
> isn't. And when I say free I mean software licensed under the GPL or
> another license like that...

Then please use `Open Source' or `Free Software' so it is clear that
you don't mean zero-cost.

The tools are the StatConnector server .exe and .dll, and those are GPL.
On the other hand, Windows is not free, so I think you need to use a
different operating system.

There are no Open Source versions of Visual Basic, either.

> Besides, I have read (in Colin Peter's web page) that the mingw can't use
> VC++ DLLs, but I have not tested this myself. IS it true?

Not true.  It uses msvcrt.dll, for example.  DLLs are DLLs, no
language-specific.


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