[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >> does anyone know if there exists an effort to bring some kind of >> distributed computing to R? The most simple functionality I'm after is >> to be able to explicitly perform a task on a computing server. Sorry if >> this is a non-informed newbie question... > > As an alternate to the PVM/MPI interfaces mentioned by other people, I am > working on a (very soon to be released) project for using the ScaLAPACK library > [1] through a simple R interface. If the tasks that you want run an a computing > server are simple (LAPACK) functions (solve, svd, etc) and not whole R scripts, > then this be useful.
A number of folks have commented on having this in progress (esp a group at Vanderbilt). It's intriguing, but how did you plan on replacing the standard system-level library calls? (or did you just provide new interfaces at the user (R command) level?) best, -tony -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.analytics.washington.edu/ Biomedical and Health Informatics University of Washington Biostatistics, SCHARP/HVTN Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center UW (Tu/Th/F): 206-616-7630 FAX=206-543-3461 | Voicemail is unreliable FHCRC (M/W): 206-667-7025 FAX=206-667-4812 | use Email CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail message and any attachme...{{dropped}} ______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
