Chapter 15. Interfacing R to Other Languages
R is a great language, but it can’t do everything well. Thus, it is sometimes desirable to call code written in other languages from R. Conversely, when working in other great languages, you may encounter tasks that could be better done in R.
R interfaces have been developed for a number of other languages, fromubiquitous languages like C to esoteric ones like the Yacas computeralgebra system. This chapter will cover two interfaces: one for callingC/C++ from R and the other for calling R from Python.
Writing C/C++ Functions to Be Called from R
You may wish to write your own C/C++ functions to be called ...
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