[R] Rcmd

[Yves Gauvreau]

> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : owner-r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch
> [mailto:owner-r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch]De la part de Prof Brian D Ripley
> Envoye : Monday, February 19, 2001 2:17 AM
> A : Bob Wheeler
> Cc : R help
> Objet : Re: [R] Rcmd
>
>
> On Sun, 18 Feb 2001, Bob Wheeler wrote:
>
> > Thanks for all the help. It is appreciated.
> >
> > As you indicated, Rcmd needs the name of a Perl
> > script on the command line. Windows' users
> > normally do not keep Perl on their machines. It's
> > no problem. I have ActiveState Perl on a CD, and
> > only need to install it.
> >
> > R for Windows has the required scripts, but
> > installing Perl is up to the user. Would that they
> > had told me -- but who can write documentation
> > that meets all needs, not me certainly.
>
> `They' did write documentation that told you that Perl was needed, but
> `they' can't read it for you.  (See the files INSTALL and readme.packages
> ....)  Rcmd.exe and those scripts are in rw1021sp.zip, and readme.packages
> is its README file.
>
> For the record, Rcmd is a front end to more than just Perl scripts, for
> example sh scripts.
>
> This sort of response just discourages porting tools to Windows.

A famous man ounce said: "Let the one who as never sin trow the first stone"

Probably a poor translation.

Yves Gauvreau

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