[R-SIG-Mac] OT: Snow Leopard and Application Compatibility

[Jan de Leeuw]

"-m64 -O3 -fopenmp -mtune=native" for C and C++ and FORTRAN

yes, SL is darwin 10

deleeuw at cuddyvalley:~/ > uname -a
Darwin cuddyvalley.org 10.0.0 Darwin Kernel Version 10.0.0: Fri Jul 31  
22:47:34 PDT 2009; root:xnu-1456.1.25~1/RELEASE_I386 i386

note: no ppc or i386 in the R build. if i buy a book i don't
buy additional copies in finnish and urdu, especially since those
are languages i can't read.

On Aug 27, 2009, at 08:50 , Steve Lianoglou wrote:

> Hi,
>
> On Aug 27, 2009, at 11:43 AM, Jan de Leeuw wrote:
>
>> I have been using SL for over a year. Compiling and running a  
>> x86-84 bit R
>> can be done without problems. There are about 600 packages in my R  
>> install,
>> all build and run without problems. I don't know about R.app,  
>> though. I do
>> find that R on SL, with suitable optimization flags, feels quite a  
>> bit faster.
>
> Would you mind sharing what optimization flags those might be? :-)
>
> In one of your previous posts you mention that you configure R for  
> source compilation via this command:
>
> configure --with-aqua --with-blas='\''-framework vecLib'\'' --with- 
> lapack --prefix=/usr/local/R --disable-R-framework --with-readline -- 
> with-cairo --enable-memory-profiling --enable-R-shlib --x-includes=/ 
> usr/X11R6/include --x-libraries=/usr/X11R6/lib --build=x86_64-apple- 
> darwin10 --host=x86_64-apple-darwin10 --target=x86_64-apple-darwin10
>
> I'm not sure I see any optimization flags there (aside from  
> specifying darwin10 (for snow leopard, I reckon?)), but is all that  
> you mean?
>
> Thanks,
> -steve
>
>>
>> On Aug 27, 2009, at 05:20 , Prof Brian Ripley wrote:
>>
>>> There are list members with access to the developer pre-release  
>>> 'seeds', and I have seen 'Mac OS X 10.6' in one report (with a  
>>> corresponding sessionInfo() output). So it seems very likely there  
>>> is no problem with R, and most likely none with with R.app.
>>>
>>> (We are deferring upgrading until our sysadmins are back from  
>>> holiday absences.)
>>>
>>> On Thu, 27 Aug 2009, Marc Schwartz wrote:
>>>
>>>> http://snowleopard.wikidot.com/
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> All,
>>>>
>>>> Above is the link to a web site that is being updated with  
>>>> information on potential application compatibility issues with  
>>>> Snow Leopard (SL). Curiously, R is listed there...with an  
>>>> "Unknown Status".
>>>>
>>>> Our copy of SL should arrive tomorrow.
>>>>
>>>> Before updating, you should review this list to see if there are  
>>>> any potential issues with programs that you are using and SL.
>>>>
>>>> If there are, you may have to wait to upgrade the OS until an  
>>>> application is updated to be compatible. I have to wait until PGP  
>>>> (my whole disk encryption program) is updated, which supposedly  
>>>> will be soon according to their tech support folks.
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>>
>>>> Marc Schwartz
>>>>
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>> Statistics;
>> Director: UCLA Center for Environmental Statistics (CES);
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> Steve Lianoglou
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>  |  Weill Medical College of Cornell University
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>

===
Jan de Leeuw; Distinguished Professor and Chair, UCLA Department of  
Statistics;
Director: UCLA Center for Environmental Statistics (CES);
Editor: Journal of Multivariate Analysis, Journal of Statistical  
Software;
US mail: 8125 Math Sciences Bldg, Box 951554, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1554
phone (310)-825-9550;  fax (310)-206-5658;  email: deleeuw at stat.ucla.edu
.mac: jdeleeuw ++++++  aim: deleeuwjan ++++++ skype: j_deleeuw
homepages: http://gifi.stat.ucla.edu ++++++ http://www.cuddyvalley.org
   
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