Re: [Rd] segfault after .C call.

2011-10-07 Thread alex
Have you ever tried to use .Call instead of .C? my segfault-problem was solved by using .Call but I am just a beginner and can not explain why this is Alex -- View this message in context: http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/segfault-after-C-call-tp3872557p3881461.html Sent from the R devel mailing li

[Rd] tzone DB lawsuit Implications for R-project?

2011-10-07 Thread Jeff Ryan
Does anyone from core have a comment on the implications for the R-project on this: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/10/07/unix_time_zone_database_destroyed/ Given the inclusion of the TZ database with R as well as the functionality used by R, is this something that the FSF is looking at yet?

Re: [Rd] tzone DB lawsuit Implications for R-project?

2011-10-07 Thread Prof Brian Ripley
Not as yet. Many much bigger users than us (almost all Unix-alike OSes, Java, Tcl, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, ...) have more resources to investigate. Note that we only use the database on Windows, and only because OS services are woefully inadequate on that platform: we could go back to usi

Re: [Rd] parallel::mclapply() dummy function on Windows?

2011-10-07 Thread Tim Triche, Jr.
On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 11:25 PM, Prof Brian Ripley wrote: > > Why would it make it easier? And how could using a dummy for 'most users' > (who are on Windows) offer them 'good parallel support'? Good point. Most of my users are on unix, because my use of mclapply() is primarily to expedite pro

Re: [Rd] parallel::mclapply() dummy function on Windows?

2011-10-07 Thread Prof Brian Ripley
On Fri, 7 Oct 2011, Tim Triche, Jr. wrote: On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 11:25 PM, Prof Brian Ripley wrote: Why would it make it easier?  And how could using a dummy for 'most users' (who are on Windows) offer them 'good parallel support'? Good point.  Most of my users are on unix, because my use o

Re: [Rd] parallel::mclapply() dummy function on Windows?

2011-10-07 Thread John Fox
Dear Tim, > -Original Message- > From: r-devel-boun...@r-project.org [mailto:r-devel-boun...@r-project.org] On > Behalf Of Tim Triche, Jr. > Sent: October-07-11 3:05 PM > To: Prof Brian Ripley > Cc: r-devel > Subject: Re: [Rd] parallel::mclapply() dummy function on Windows? > > On Thu, Oc