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Compile R into a standalone EXE for WINNT

3 messages · Falk Huettmann, Spencer Graves, Brian Ripley

Falk Huettmann
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Hi,

I have an R script (transferred from SPLUS) and would like to compile a
standalone EXE (or DLL)
for WINNT. Would somebody know how this works or how it could be done ?

Thanks so much for any hints and suggestions; best regards

   F.


Falk Huettmann
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Spencer Graves
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Hi, Falk:

	  When you wrote "transferred from SPLUS", I got concerned:  Is this 
S-Plus script something you or a colleague wrote or part of S-Plus?  I 
assume it is NOT part of Insightful's intellectual property (IP).  If it 
is, I would stay far away.  I'm not an attorney, but I would expect that 
Insightful might sue, and if they did, they might easily win.

	  We must meticulously respect Insightful's IP.  If any Insightful IP 
finds its way into an officially sanctioned R package, it could be very 
serious.

Spencer Graves
Falk Huettmann wrote:
Brian Ripley
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On Tue, 6 May 2003, Falk Huettmann wrote:

            

      
      
      
    

        
To do what exactly?  You cannot compile R code to machine code: you need
an R interpreter.

I don't see the point of having a single script as an application anyway: 
don't you need some control, e.g. of the input?

It is possible to write a graphical front end in e.g. Visual Basic and use 
that to send a script to an embedded R interpreter (most easily by DCOM 
under Windows, but it can be done directly).

Perhaps you could start at the beginning and tell us what you want to 
achieve (rather than asking for some specific technical solution)?