I don't think anyone denies that you *could* make an EXE to do all that. The discussion is on *how easy* it should be to create a single file that contains an initial "main" function plus a set of bundled code (potentially as a package) and which when run will install its package code (which is contained in itself, its not in a repo), install dependencies, and run the main() function.
Now, I could build a self-executable shar file that bundled a package together with a script to do all the above. But if there was a "RUN" command in R, and a convention that a function called "foo::main" would be run by `R CMD RUN foo_1.1.1.tar.gz` then it would be so much easier to develop and test. If people think this adds value, then if they want to offer that value to me as $ or £, I'd consider writing it if their total value was more than my cost.... Barry On Sat, Feb 2, 2019 at 12:54 AM Abs Spurdle <spurdl...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Further to my previous post, > it would be possible to create an .exe file, say: > > my_r_application.exe > > That starts R, loads your R package(s), calls the R function of your choice > and does whatever else you want. > > However, I don't think that it would add much value. > But feel free to correct me if you think that I'm wrong. > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > R-devel@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
