Runnable R packages

I don't think anyone denies that you *could* make an EXE to do all
that. The discussion is on *how easy* it should be to create a single
file that contains an initial "main" function plus a set of bundled
code (potentially as a package) and which when run will install its
package code (which is contained in itself, its not in a repo),
install dependencies, and run the main() function.

Now, I could build a self-executable shar file that bundled a package
together with a script to do all the above. But if there was a "RUN"
command in R, and a convention that a function called "foo::main"
would be run by `R CMD RUN foo_1.1.1.tar.gz` then it would be so much
easier to develop and test.

If people think this adds value, then if they want to offer that value
to me as $ or ?, I'd consider writing it if their total value was more
than my cost....

Barry

Further to my previous post,
it would be possible to create an .exe file, say:

my_r_application.exe

That starts R, loads your R package(s), calls the R function of your choice
and does whatever else you want.

However, I don't think that it would add much value.
But feel free to correct me if you think that I'm wrong.

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