Re: [R] SAS vs. R in web application

2009-09-08 Thread Gabor Grothendieck
You would normally have R or SAS run on the server, not on the client machine so whether it opens a window or not makes no difference. The window is not on the client's machine anyways. The client only has a browser. >From within R see ?Rscript and ?system On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 11:19 PM, Carlo

Re: [R] SAS vs. R in web application

2009-09-08 Thread Frank E Harrell Jr
Carlos, The last time I checked the SAS license for web use was $25,000 per year. R costs $0 per century. Still interested in SAS? Not sure about your question about 'DOS window'. R on a web server interacts with your browser and doesn't open other windows. There are several online demos

[R] SAS vs. R in web application

2009-09-08 Thread Carlos Alzola
Good evening, I have been asked to investigate the pros and cons of using SAS vs. R in a web application. Either SAS or R would be the engine used to make some very simple calculations and to produce graphs, preferably in png format. The advantages of R are pretty obvious as there would be no l