On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 9:04 PM, Jason E. Aten <j.e.a...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'd like to develop, if there is not one already, an interface between R > code and Haskell code, to allow R code to call Haskell (compiled) code, and > vice-versa. But in the interest of not reinventing the wheel, does anyone > on this list know of existing bindings for Haskell code? > > There is support for loading plugins in Haskell, and for an eval() like set > of functions provided by the Haskell hs-plugin package that evaluates > arbitrary strings in the IO monad. > http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~dons/hs-plugins/paper/ describes this > functionality. For example: > > #include <stdio.h> > #include "RunHaskell.h" > > int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { > int *p; > hs_init(&argc, &argv); > p = hs_eval_i("foldl1 (+) [0 .. 10]"); /* this is Haskell code */ > printf("%d\n", *p); hs_exit(); > } > > > > That said, i don't think it will be that difficutl. But I imagine the > hardest part of this will be getting the memory management for garbage > collection right. I thought I would start by looking at how the rJava or > rJython packages handle memory. If anyone has pointers or advice on > integrating R's garbage collection with another language's garbage > collection, I'd welcome suggestions and warnings about pitfalls. >
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