[R] R and 2 processors

[Jan de Leeuw]

On OS X the ATLAS library uses threading (as well as Altivec on G4's).
Of course the OS is threaded as well.

On Monday, January 21, 2002, at 02:23 PM, Agustin Lobo wrote:

>
> As far as I can see by searching the archieves, R could not
> take advantage of two processors in the same machine but there
> were plans for implementing multithreading
> in R. Is this work going on?
>
> On the other hand, if two processors are
> present in the same linux machine is it possible to focus one
> processor on tasks of the operative system and the other
> on R and/or other real computing? Could anyone point me
> to info on this subject?
>
> Agus
>
> Dr. Agustin Lobo
> Instituto de Ciencias de la Tierra (CSIC)
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