Some questions about R-(D)COM
On Tue, 3 Jul 2001 virgil at matheron.estadi.uv.es wrote:
Um. rproxy.dll, the R side, *is* compiled under mingw. It's not clear to me why one would want to compile the StatConnector under mingw, but Thomas said he thought it may be possible. One issue is the quality of mingw headers. As Thomas (and I) have VC++6.0, it has not been an issue.
The idea is to develop free software using free tools, and I think VC++6.0 isn't. And when I say free I mean software licensed under the GPL or another license like that...
Then please use `Open Source' or `Free Software' so it is clear that you don't mean zero-cost. The tools are the StatConnector server .exe and .dll, and those are GPL. On the other hand, Windows is not free, so I think you need to use a different operating system. There are no Open Source versions of Visual Basic, either.
Besides, I have read (in Colin Peter's web page) that the mingw can't use VC++ DLLs, but I have not tested this myself. IS it true?
Not true. It uses msvcrt.dll, for example. DLLs are DLLs, no language-specific.
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