As more background, see here: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/julia-dev/qdnggTuIp9s
On Wed, Jul 2, 2014 at 11:05 AM, Alexander Braumann <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I am mainly using R and wanted to know if it was already possible (or when > it is expected to be possible) to compile Julia code to shared libraries > which can be loaded and used within R? > > I found a rather short discussion about this here: > > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9965747/linking-r-and-julia > > The Julia development plan, as I described in this answer is to allow > compilation of Julia code to shared libraries, callable using the C ABI. > Once this happens, it will be as easy to call Julia code from R as it is to > call C/C++ code. There is, however, a fair amount of work required before > this becomes possible (Stefan Karpinski) > > but I couldn't comment there and therefore need to ask in this group. > > I am really looking forward to this feature! It would encourage me using > julia a lot more. > > > cheers, > > alex
