It is possible to load the code into R (without recompiling R), but your
post (and the original post) has destroyed any motivation I might have
had to explain.
On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 11:42 AM, Davor Cubranic wrote:
> And this response is clearly a flame with (also) an obvious bias and no
> const
And this response is clearly a flame with (also) an obvious bias and no
constructive contribution towards the issue at hand.
Leaving bias, politics, and copyright aside, let's answer question 1:
why compile Rcpp with VC if you won't be able to load that code into R?
Davor
On August 30, 2010 0
Play by the rules? Attract the wrong crowd? Lower our standards?
This is clearly a political post with an obvious bias.
Such propaganda would probably be frowned upon if it wasn't for the
fact the the person who posted this message is also the
mailing list maintainer.
Free software ideology and R
Having discussed this some more with Romain who has no strong views on the
matter, I am inclined to the remove the patch that added the ability for
compilation with MSVC as I cannnot come up with answers to these questions:
i) Why would it make sense to have this? Honestly, what is it good fo