As far as I know the latest versions of neither RSpython nor rpy2 support Windows. For accessing SymPy (which is a python computer algebra system) from R rSymPy went with jython. Its slower than cpython, particularly the startup, but it should work on all platforms. See http://rsympy.googlecode.com The latest version is 0.1-4.
If ruby is an option see the rinruby project for accessing R from ruby. There is a paper on it on jstatsoft.org . If java is an option see the RServe package for accessing R from java. Also in the other direction the rJava package can be used to access java from R. On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 11:37 AM, Ryan Sheftel <ryan.shef...@rmbaries.com> wrote: > I am a long time user of R for financial time series analysis (xts, zoo, > etc) and for my next project I am thinking of adding the Python language to > the mix. The reason for adding Python is primarily its non-statistical > capabilities. > > So my questions are what have people's experiences been with using interop > between R and Python. I see there are two items, rPy and RSPython. It looks > like rPy makes it possible to call R code from Python, and RSPython goes > both ways. My needs would be to use Python to drive R to get it's extensive > time series and stats, and also to get to Python objects from inside R. > > I searched the list archives and it looks like many people use rPy, but what > about RSPython for calling Python from R? It looks like rPy only goes from R > into Python, and RSPython has not been updated since 2005? > > Other messages in the archives state that RSPython only works on Unix? > > Would I be foolish to build anything mission critical on RSPython? Is there > a better way to get at Python from R? > > Thanks as always. > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
