[R] How to utilise dual cores and multi-processors on WinXP

2007-03-06 Thread rhelp . 20 . trevva
Hello, I have a question that I was wondering if anyone had a fairly straightforward answer to: what is the quickest and easiest way to take advantage of the extra cores / processors that are now commonplace on modern machines? And how do I do that in Windows? I realise that this is a complex

Re: [R] How to utilise dual cores and multi-processors on WinXP

2007-03-06 Thread Greg Snow
The nws package does run on windows and can split calculations between multiple R processes. I have not tried it with a single multiprocessor pc (don't have one), but have used it with multiple pc's. It looks like the muliprocessor pc would work pretty much with the defaults. Hope this helps,

Re: [R] How to utilise dual cores and multi-processors on WinXP

2007-03-06 Thread Martin Morgan
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hello, I have a question that I was wondering if anyone had a fairly straightforward answer to: what is the quickest and easiest way to take advantage of the extra cores / processors that are now commonplace on modern machines? And how do I do that in Windows? I