We're starting work on an R package and corresponding S-Plus library to help programmers write software that will work in both systems. Some descriptions and downloadable software are available on the Omegahat web site, at http://www.omegahat.org/SLanguage/ The strategy, as described there, is to be as back-compatible within R and within S-Plus as possible, but provide tools and guidelines to smooth over inconsistencies between the two implementations of the S language. The tools will include both S language and C/C++ support. It's starting off with the functions that access objects (get, etc.), a couple of tools for dealing with language objects, and a bit of miscellany. More to come shortly. If you're experienced or interested in writing software targeted to both R and S-Plus, please take a look at the package. It's at a very early stage, and comments, suggestions of what should be in there, or (especially) contributions are very much needed.
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