Hi Cyrus, I just found R a few days ago while looking for a way to analyze some data I was getting for my research (I read a really great article on the O'Reilly Network that got me started). I'm still very much a beginner at R and I am learning more and more everyday, but I also would find it very useful to be able to access R from Lisp. Currently, I am running my research programs from a Bash script which also collects the data from these programs and runs an R script to plot all of the data into a graph. Simple stuff, but as I learn more about R, I find more uses for it and I find more reasons to tie the data analysis directly into my research programs. So, I just wanted to let you know that I am very much interested in your project and I look forward to its completion.
Also, I have been scanning through the source code for Ltk whenever time allows and getting a feel for how the communication between Tk and Lisp is being done, and I am definitely interested in getting some input from other sources on how they've coded their Lisp programs to communicate with other applications. So, basically what I'm saying is, I know that you're not ready to release anything yet, but I would love to see what you have while the program is still at its simplest state (before so much functionality is added that, for a newbie, such as myself, it becomes too complex to understand). Also, it would be nice to watch the code evolve to get an idea of what you are thinking as each change is made. I think being able to see some of the code you create would be a good learning experience for me and others like me who are interested in doing similar projects in the future. Christopher On 2/1/06, Cyrus Harmon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Wow. Looks like I wasn't the only with an idea like this. I've been > doing something similar to connect R and lisp. Why R? Well, it has a > wonderful set (well, sets, really) of libraries for all sorts of > statistics computing tasks, and, in particular, has bioconductor, > which has algorithms and data access methods for a ton of > bioinformatics-related tasks. > > I've gotten things to the point where I can eval strings, build > expressions, call lisp functions from R, etc... but I want to get a > bit more polished before it's released. It's coming together, > although I've been distracted with other things for the past month or > so. If anyone is interested in accessing R from lisp, me know. > > Cyrus > > On Jan 31, 2006, at 7:38 PM, Stuart Sierra wrote: > > > Jeremy Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> As promised on comp.lang.lisp to some howls of protest, I > >> have integrated Python, and its libraries, with Lisp. > > > > This is great! I've actually been working on something very > > similar for Perl. > > > > So far I can execute Perl code in Lisp and get strings or > > numbers back. Haven't had time to study handling Perl > > arrays, hashes, or callbacks. > > > > I'm sure if comp.lang.lisp got wind of this, the howls of > > protest would be even louder. > > > > To answer the burning question, "Why in the name of all that > > is holy would you ever want to DO such a thing?": Firstly, > > why not? Secondly, cpan.org has thousands of obscure but > > useful little modules that may never get ported to > > Python/Ruby/Lisp/etc. > > > > I wasn't planning on saying anything publicly until it's > > more complete, but if folks want to know more just let me > > know and I'll throw up a web page. > > > > -Stuart > > _______________________________________________ > > Gardeners mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://www.lispniks.com/mailman/listinfo/gardeners > > _______________________________________________ > Gardeners mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.lispniks.com/mailman/listinfo/gardeners > -- Christopher Roach [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Gardeners mailing list [email protected] http://www.lispniks.com/mailman/listinfo/gardeners
