[Rd] Typos in TclInterface.Rd (PR#9436)

2007-01-03 Thread S . J . Eglen
Some typos in TclInferface.Rd line 192: SIDE \code{tclvalue} function, which can also occur on the left SIE of line 199: INITIALIZES \code{tclArray} creates a new Tcl array and INITALIZES it to the empty line 221: DISTINCTION argument; there are cases where the DISTICTION matters to Tcl,

Re: [Rd] Typos in TclInterface.Rd (PR#9436)

2007-01-03 Thread Prof Brian Ripley
If you are going to impose the cost on the developers of a bug report on typos, please at least do as we _do_ ask and check the current version, in your case at https://svn.r-project.org/R/trunk/src/library/tcltk/man/TclInterface.Rd You will I believe want to update your bug report. On Tue, 2

[Rd] How to execute R scripts simultaneously from multiple threads

2007-01-03 Thread Erik van Zijst
Hi All, My problem is about parallel execution of R-scripts. My platform is linux. A program that is written in C needs to execute multiple R-scripts simultaneously. The C program makes use of multi-threading. Each thread must initiate the execution of one script. Performance is very important.

[Rd] troubles installing SJava for R

2007-01-03 Thread Erik van Zijst
Hello all, I am using R 2.4.0 and SJava 0.69-0 on linux. I am not able to install SJava on R. The following errors appear when installing: ... ** R ** inst WARNING: use of install..R is no longer supported ** preparing package for lazy loading Creating a new generic function for "merge" in "SJa

Re: [Rd] troubles installing SJava for R

2007-01-03 Thread Prof Brian Ripley
It seems the version of SJava you used needs updating. (install.R was deprecated long ago, formally so in 2.3.0, and R_PPStackTop was never part of the API.) Please do as the R posting guide asked you to, and contact the maintainer. (It also asked you not to report on obselete versions of R.)

Re: [Rd] Typos in TclInterface.Rd (PR#9436)

2007-01-03 Thread Stephen Eglen
> If you are going to impose the cost on the developers of a bug report on > typos, please at least do as we _do_ ask and check the current version, in > your case at > > https://svn.r-project.org/R/trunk/src/library/tcltk/man/TclInterface.Rd > > You will I believe want to update your b

Re: [Rd] How to execute R scripts simultaneously from multiple threads

2007-01-03 Thread Byron Ellis
Short Answer: There isn't one. On 1/3/07, Erik van Zijst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi All, > > My problem is about parallel execution of R-scripts. My platform is linux. > > A program that is written in C needs to execute multiple R-scripts > simultaneously. The C program makes use of multi-thr

Re: [Rd] How to execute R scripts simultaneously from multiple threads

2007-01-03 Thread Erik van Zijst
Byron Ellis wrote: > Short Answer: There isn't one. I was afraid so. Thanks for confirming. > On 1/3/07, Erik van Zijst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Hi All, >> >> My problem is about parallel execution of R-scripts. My platform is >> linux. >> >> A program that is written in C needs to exec

[Rd] Which programming paradigm is the most used for make R packages?

2007-01-03 Thread Ricardo Rios
Hi wizards, does somebody know Which programming paradigm is the most used for make R packages ? Thanks in advance. -- personal web site: http://www.geocities.com/ricardo_rios_sv/index.html __ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/ma

Re: [Rd] How to execute R scripts simultaneously from multiple threads

2007-01-03 Thread Vladimir Dergachev
On Wednesday 03 January 2007 3:47 am, Erik van Zijst wrote: > Hi All, > > My problem is about parallel execution of R-scripts. My platform is linux. > > A program that is written in C needs to execute multiple R-scripts > simultaneously. The C program makes use of multi-threading. Each thread > mus

Re: [Rd] Which programming paradigm is the most used for make R packages?

2007-01-03 Thread Prof Brian Ripley
On Wed, 3 Jan 2007, Ricardo Rios wrote: > Hi wizards, does somebody know Which programming paradigm is the most > used for make R packages ? Thanks in advance. R programming? Most R packages are either written solely in R or in R with a small amount of C or Fortran support code. That includes

Re: [Rd] Am I missing something about debugging?

2007-01-03 Thread Jeffrey J. Hallman
Thoughts from a pro-Smalltalk bigot: "Byron Ellis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > While a Smalltalk-style debugger would be pretty awesome, I suspect > R's semantics would make restartable exceptions pretty difficult and > R's current implementation would make getting the continuation-like > object

Re: [Rd] Am I missing something about debugging?

2007-01-03 Thread Byron Ellis
On 03 Jan 2007 10:42:38 -0500, Jeffrey J. Hallman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thoughts from a pro-Smalltalk bigot: I'm surprised anyone took the idea seriously enough to respond. :-) > > > I've programmed extensively in both Splus/R and Smalltalk, and I am much less > enamored of this idea than

Re: [Rd] Which programming paradigm is the most used for make R packages?

2007-01-03 Thread Ross Boylan
On Wed, Jan 03, 2007 at 11:46:16AM -0600, Ricardo Rios wrote: > Hi wizards, does somebody know Which programming paradigm is the most > used for make R packages ? Thanks in advance. > You need to explain what you mean by the question, for example what paradigms you have in mind. R is a functiona

Re: [Rd] Which programming paradigm is the most used for make R packages?

2007-01-03 Thread Henrik Bengtsson
On 1/4/07, Ross Boylan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Jan 03, 2007 at 11:46:16AM -0600, Ricardo Rios wrote: > > Hi wizards, does somebody know Which programming paradigm is the most > > used for make R packages ? Thanks in advance. > > > You need to explain what you mean by the question, for

Re: [Rd] Capturing argument values

2007-01-03 Thread Seth Falcon
Ross Boylan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I would like to preserve the values of all the arguments to a function > in a results object. > foo <- function(a, b=1) > foo(x, 3) > > match.call() looks promising, but it records that a is x, while I want > the value of x (in the calling frame). Al