Re: [Rcpp-devel] On Developing Header Packages

2015-04-07 Thread Dirk Eddelbuettel
On 7 April 2015 at 14:51, JJ Allaire wrote: | I think that header-only packages (where possible) are definitely | preferable within the R package ecosystem because it allows you to | sidestep a lot of build configuration and runtime linking complexity. | | The rub is that some libraries simply ca

Re: [Rcpp-devel] RcppParallel on Solaris

2015-04-07 Thread JJ Allaire
Thanks Jeroen! Does the ORD version of R use GNU make? (I think we need that for the RcppParallel makefile). If it doesn't, Gábor do you know if there is a straightforward way to force it to use GNU make? (or as Jeroen hypothesizes does CRAN use gcc when testing packages that have GNU make as a Sy

Re: [Rcpp-devel] On Developing Header Packages

2015-04-07 Thread Romain Francois
I would definitely second that. This eliminates a whole class of hard to deal with issues. Even Rcpp IMO should really just be header only. Romain Envoyé de mon iPhone > Le 7 avr. 2015 à 20:51, JJ Allaire a écrit : > > I think that header-only packages (where possible) are definitely > pre

Re: [Rcpp-devel] On Developing Header Packages

2015-04-07 Thread JJ Allaire
I think that header-only packages (where possible) are definitely preferable within the R package ecosystem because it allows you to sidestep a lot of build configuration and runtime linking complexity. The rub is that some libraries simply can't be made header-only, especially if they make use of

[Rcpp-devel] On Developing Header Packages

2015-04-07 Thread Charles Determan
This is probably the best place I can think of to ask this question if perhaps not completely on topic. Some quick context: I am exploring GPGPU computing and with my 'open-source' mindset I quickly gravitated to using OpenCL. Thankfully, many wonderful programmers have already begun creating li

Re: [Rcpp-devel] RcppParallel on Solaris

2015-04-07 Thread JJ Allaire
I think this is just a matter of passing the right runtime library flag to the TBB configure script (but perhaps this masks a bigger issue, we'll see). Gábor is going to make his VM available to me for further testing and iteration later this week. Hope to be able to report some progress after tha

Re: [Rcpp-devel] RInside vs Statconndcom

2015-04-07 Thread David Ibarra Gómez
Hello Jodi, What Dirk told you it's very important to decide. Moreover I have been using both solutions. I started to use "statconndcom" because windows requirements. Finally I have been able to remove (or avoid by using "remote" debian server and google protocol buffers messaging) win