Dear colleagues, The *ropenblas* <https://prdm0.github.io/ropenblas/> is a package designed to facilitate the linking of the library *OpenBLAS* <https://www.openblas.net/> with the language *R* <https://www.r-project.org/>. The package, which works only for Linux systems, will automatically download the latest source code from the *OpenBLAS* <https://www.openblas.net/> library and compile the code. The package will automatically bind the language *R* <https://www.r-project.org/> to use the *OpenBLAS* <https://www.openblas.net/> library. Everything will be done automatically regardless of the Linux distribution you are using.
You can also specify older versions of the *OpenBLAS* <https://www.openblas.net/> library. Automatically, if no version is specified, the *ropenblas* <https://prdm0.github.io/ropenblas/> package will consider the latest version of the library *OpenBLAS* <https://www.openblas.net/>. Considering using the *OpenBLAS* <https://www.openblas.net/> library rather than the *BLAS* <http://www.netlib.org/blas/> may bring extra optimizations for your code and improved computational performance for your simulations, since *OpenBLAS* <https://www.openblas.net/> is an optimized implementation of the library *BLAS* <http://www.netlib.org/blas/>. Some of the reasons why it is convenient to link *R* <https://www.r-project.org/> language to the use of *BLAS* <http://www.netlib.org/blas/> optimized alternatives can be found *here* <https://csantill.github.io/RPerformanceWBLAS/>. Several other *benchmarks* <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benchmarking> that point to improved computing performance by considering the library *OpenBLAS* <https://www.openblas.net/> can be found on the internet. Best regards, Pedro Rafael. [[alternative HTML version deleted]] _______________________________________________ R-packages mailing list r-packa...@r-project.org https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-packages ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
