64 bit R for Windows
Milton Lopez wrote:
Duncan: Thanks for your reply. Not being a part of the R world and having to assist with these purchases, I have to ask what "not yet" means. I realize that this is a difficult question to answer even for commercial software, but I am hoping you or someone else on the list may shed some additional light on the subject.
I would say it will be at least a year, and most likely longer. The tools used to build R haven't been ported to 64 bit Windows yet. After those are done (by the MinGW project, not us), we'll need someone with a 64 bit Windows machine to handle builds there. Duncan Murdoch
Thanks in advance. Milton F. L?pez IT Guy Inter-American Tuna Commission (IATTC) 8604 La Jolla Shores Drive La Jolla, CA 92037 Tel: (858) 546-7041, Fax: (858) 546-7133 mlopez at iattc.org http://www.iattc.org -----Original Message----- From: Duncan Murdoch [mailto:murdoch at stats.uwo.ca] Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2005 5:39 PM To: Milton Lopez Cc: r-devel at r-project.org Subject: Re: [Rd] 64 bit R for Windows Milton Lopez wrote:
I am assisting in the purchase of 64-bit Windows XP system for researchers who run R. These systems will have AMD Opteron processors and at least 4GB of RAM. I'd appreciate advice on whether there is a working version of R that can take full advantage of such systems.
No, there are no 64 bit Windows versions yet. You'll need to install some 64 bit version of Linux on those machines to take full advantage of the chips. Duncan Murdoch