[R] RGui (Windows) crashes after use of a Salford Fortran DLL

[Steve Roberts]

Anybody out there successfully using the Salford Fortran compilers 
with R? 

I have created a DLL using the Salford FTN95 compiler and it works 
in as far I can dyn.load it, run the routines and get the  right 
answers back. Unfortunately subsequently, sometime later, the 
Rgui crashes (access violation I think from the DrWatson log). The 
crashes depend on whether or not I paste the code as one big 
chunk, or as little chunks, and sometimes I can do a few things 
before it crashes and other times not - but if I do exactly the same 
things the crashes are reproducible. The crashes are sometimes in 
the DLL and sometimes in pure R code. R1.7.1 and 1.8.1 seem to 
behave identically. Windows 2000 Pro.

I do get the dyn.load warning about the DLL changing the FPU 
control word.

Does this ring any bells with anyone?

Steve.

  Dr Steve Roberts 
  steve.roberts at man.ac.uk

Senior Lecturer in Medical Statistics,
CMMCH NHS Trust and University of Manchester Biostatistics Group,
0161 275 5192 / 0161 276 5785