[R] Calling R (GNU R) functions from Common Lisp, how?

[David Winsemius]

On Dec 2, 2009, at 6:34 AM, Hrishi Mittal wrote:

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> RCL looks promising - http://common-lisp.net/project/rcl/

It seems more than a bit worrisome that the above page currently ends  
with "complex objects (in particular data frames) are handled very  
poorly". Dataframes may not be a fundamental data type, but they are  
arguably the dominant structure in typical R programmming.
>
> For quick and short calls to R, you can always use the system  
> commands in CL
> to call R CMD or Rscript.
>
>
> tsunhin wong wrote:
>>
>> Hi Lisp users,
>>
>> I'm a user of both Common Lisp and R (GNU R).
>> I found R has a rich collection of statistical and numerical
>> computation functions, while it is not as extensible as Lisp (Common
>> Lisp).
>> I considered Lisp-Stat but its only implementation is not in the
>> usuall Common Lisp, and the available functions in CRAN are far  
>> richer
>> than Lisp-Stat currently has.
>>
>> I want to know if there is already an existing way of calling R
>> functions from within Common Lisp?
>> If no, please point me to relevant resources so that I can create one
>> (that works in a platform-independent manner).
>>
>> Best,
>> tjw
>
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Heritage Laboratories
West Hartford, CT