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In two previous posts we described how R can call C code with .C() and the more complex yet more robust option of calling C code with .Call().  Here we will describe how the Rcpp package can be used to greatly simplify your C code without forcing you to become ... [Read more...]

In an introductory post on R APIs to C code, Calling C Code ‘Hello World!’, we explored the .C() function with some ‘Hello World!’ baby steps.  In this post we will make a leap forward by implementing the same functionality using the .Call() function. Is .Call() better than .C()? A ... [Read more...]

One of the reasons that R has so much functionality is that people have incorporated a lot of academic code written in C, C++, Fortran and Java into various packages.  Libraries written in these languages are often both robust and fast.  If you are using R to support people in ... [Read more...]

With enough effort it is possible to fit a square peg into a round hole.  But we have all learned — sometimes more than once — that it is much easier if peg and hole have the same shape. Data managers also need to carefully consider the shape of their data to ... [Read more...]

Operational systems, by definition, need to work without human input. Systems are considered “operational” after they have ben thoroughly tested and shown to work properly with a variety of input. However, no software is perfect and no real-world system operates with 100% availability or 100% consistent input. Things occasionally go wrong – perhaps ... [Read more...]

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Having recently announced the beakr web framework for R, we have received several questions about context and why we choose beakr over other options for some of our web services. This post will attempt to answer some of those questions by providing a few opinions on beakr and other web ... [Read more...]