Re: [Rd] validObject does not check validity of slots

2006-03-06 Thread John Chambers
The problem is over-ambitious documentation. Recursively running the checks on slots for all validObject calls would be a fairly serious efficiency hit. Objects are checked for validity when created, other than as the default object, so assuming the slot objects to be as claimed is reasonable

Re: [Rd] Wishlist - Give R a name that shows up in search engines...

2006-03-06 Thread Duncan Murdoch
On 3/6/2006 4:09 PM, Tim Brown wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I know this is a long shot but I just wanted to throw it out > there. I have lately been using R a lot and have found that it is > basically impossible to find any code help or answers via google > searching because the name "R" is simpl

Re: [Rd] Wishlist - Give R a name that shows up in search engines...

2006-03-06 Thread Jeff Gentry
> so the results you are looking come up in your search (e.g. "find > length of array, Matlab"). Try a similar web search for R and you > will learn nothing -- Why? because the letter "R" is on almost every > web page on the planet. FWIW using Teoma (I've been (probably unwisely) boycotting Go

Re: [Rd] Wishlist - Give R a name that shows up in search engines...

2006-03-06 Thread Gabor Grothendieck
Note that just entering R into google will get you to the R home page and looking for R plus some other phrase actually does work quite often. One can also try r-project or r-project.org plus the phrase. On 3/6/06, Tim Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I know this is a long shot

[Rd] Wishlist - Give R a name that shows up in search engines...

2006-03-06 Thread Tim Brown
Hi everyone, I know this is a long shot but I just wanted to throw it out there. I have lately been using R a lot and have found that it is basically impossible to find any code help or answers via google searching because the name "R" is simply not explicit enough. For every other popular pr

Re: [Rd] Running R on dual/quad Opteron machines

2006-03-06 Thread Sean Davis
On 3/6/06 1:37 PM, "Thomas Lumley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 6 Mar 2006, Simone Giannerini wrote: > >> On 3/6/06, Thomas Lumley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> On Mon, 6 Mar 2006, Simone Giannerini wrote: The environment will probably be either Unix/Linux or Solaris and the

Re: [Rd] Running R on dual/quad Opteron machines

2006-03-06 Thread Thomas Lumley
On Mon, 6 Mar 2006, Simone Giannerini wrote: > On 3/6/06, Thomas Lumley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On Mon, 6 Mar 2006, Simone Giannerini wrote: >>> The environment will probably be either Unix/Linux or Solaris and the >>> amount of RAM will be 8-16Gb, depending on the number of processors. >>>

Re: [Rd] Running R on dual/quad Opteron machines

2006-03-06 Thread Simone Giannerini
On 3/6/06, Thomas Lumley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 6 Mar 2006, Simone Giannerini wrote: > > The environment will probably be either Unix/Linux or Solaris and the > > amount of RAM will be 8-16Gb, depending on the number of processors. > > My main concerns are the following: > > > > 1. Ho

Re: [Rd] Running R on dual/quad Opteron machines

2006-03-06 Thread Thomas Lumley
On Mon, 6 Mar 2006, Simone Giannerini wrote: > The environment will probably be either Unix/Linux or Solaris and the > amount of RAM will be 8-16Gb, depending on the number of processors. > My main concerns are the following: > > 1. How much does R benefit from passing from one processor to > two/

Re: [Rd] Running R on dual/quad Opteron machines

2006-03-06 Thread Simone Giannerini
Dear Sean, many thanks for the suggestion, I will have a look at the packages. Regards, Simone On 3/6/06, Sean Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On 3/6/06 11:50 AM, "Simone Giannerini" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Dear all, > > > > I am managing a departmental purchase of an Opteron

Re: [Rd] Running R on dual/quad Opteron machines

2006-03-06 Thread Sean Davis
On 3/6/06 11:50 AM, "Simone Giannerini" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear all, > > I am managing a departmental purchase of an Opteron based > workstation/server for scientific computing on which we will be > running R. > The environment will probably be either Unix/Linux or Solaris and the >

[Rd] validObject does not check validity of slots

2006-03-06 Thread Martin Morgan
The documentation for validObject suggests that slots are checked for validity, but validObject seems only to check that the slot has something claiming to be correct; validObject(obj) does not perform the equivalent of validObject([EMAIL PROTECTED]) for slot y. This is also the second problem iss

[Rd] Running R on dual/quad Opteron machines

2006-03-06 Thread Simone Giannerini
Dear all, I am managing a departmental purchase of an Opteron based workstation/server for scientific computing on which we will be running R. The environment will probably be either Unix/Linux or Solaris and the amount of RAM will be 8-16Gb, depending on the number of processors. My main concerns

Re: [Rd] Bug or Feature in Rcmd build workaround workaround for paths in Cygwin tar

2006-03-06 Thread Prof Brian Ripley
On Mon, 6 Mar 2006, Michael Hoehle wrote: > To R-devel, > > I am currently writing a package with R 2.2.1 under Windows using > cygwin and the recommended Rtools. Physically my package ist hosted on > the Drive z: . > > When I call Rcmd.exe build ?-binary for my package I have a problem > with the

[Rd] Bug or Feature in Rcmd build workaround workaround for paths in Cygwin tar

2006-03-06 Thread Michael Hoehle
To R-devel, I am currently writing a package with R 2.2.1 under Windows using cygwin and the recommended Rtools. Physically my package ist hosted on the Drive z: . When I call Rcmd.exe build –-binary for my package I have a problem with the "build" script in $R_HOME/bin/. Starting on line 226 the