[R-SIG-Mac]Re: [R] R cross-platform compatibility--wow!

Ernesto Jardim ernesto@ipimar.pt
10 Apr 2002 18:12:25 +0100


Hi

I usually work on the same .RData in windows and linux whithout any
problem, for a long time.

This is one of preferred features in R.

In my opinion R is one of the best examples in cross-platform
compatibility.

Best regards, thanks and keep the good work.

EJ 

On Wed, 2002-04-10 at 15:23, Don MacQueen wrote:
> I am impressed!
> 
> I have R 1.4.1 installed on a remote Solaris system, and R 1.4.0 
> installed on my desktop Macintosh running OS X.
> 
> I did some work using R on the Solaris system, i.e., read some data, 
> wrote some functions to do things with the data, including x11 
> graphics.
> 
> I mounted the Solaris directories where I did the work on my Mac 
> using NFS. Running R 1.4.0 on my Mac in the mounted directories, 
> using the data and functions created with R 1.4.1 on the Solaris box, 
> works like a charm. No need to actually transfer the .RData files 
> from one computer to the other.
> 
> Congratulations and thanks to the R core team and other contributors 
> for this achievement.
> 
> -Don
> 
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> Don MacQueen
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> Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
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