[R] Is it possible to control R with S+?

[Duncan Temple Lang]

Several years ago, I wrote an R package RinS
which embeds R in S-Plus as a regular "chapter"
and then allowed one to call R functions from S-Plus
in the form

  .R('rfunction', x, y, z)

I haven't looked at it for a long time, but the basic
architecture should still work. What might need to be changed
are some #defines, etc. in the C code.

It is much more flexible and easier approach than exchanging data via
files and creating scripts in for R to execute.

Bos, Roger wrote:
> The new version of S+ (version 8.0) is supposed to be able to read R
> code unmodified.  Insightful is supposedly spending a ton of time making
> S+ able to use all R code without modification.  It must be taking them
> longer than expected because I though it was supposed to be released by
> the second quarter.  I have a S+ license and I haven't heard any
> announcement from Insightful.  Anyone have more of an update?
> 
>  
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:r-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch] On Behalf Of Tom.O
> Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2007 7:46 AM
> To: r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch
> Subject: [R] Is it possible to control R with S+?
> 
> 
> I am currently using S+, which is my company standard econometric
> package, but unfortunately in some areas R has a lot more to offer in
> nice functions/libraries. Libraries I would like to use in S+. So I
> would like to use the R functions by calling on R from S+. For example
> export the data to be used in the R calculation in a temporary txt-file,
> and then S+ calls on R to start and read the txt file. R then executes
> the function specified and then exports the results in another txt file
> which then S+ uploads. Is this possible? Or does anyone have another
> solution?
> 
> Thanks Tom
> 
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