> a) The sources are available and really easy to compile on all those > operating systems. Honestly, I only know how to compile my Java programs. Anyway, we have been able to work out how to download all files http://cran.au.r-project.org/. The entire CRAN is 5.4GB. This requires two DVDs!.
> b) You do NOT want to do numerical computations on software available in > Java byte code. You do not want to do heavy numerical computations with R either. Most statistical calculation using R requires a fraction of a second and I cannot see a real difference between say 0.05 second and 0.07 second. NKN. ______________________________________________ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html