This is possibly the most redundant discussion I've ever seen on the R
mailing lists.
In the original post:
> 2) It provides no way to deal with dependencies on other packages
> 3) It provides no way to "run" an application provided as an R
package
Both completely false statements.
> recently been a growing interest in developing full applications
R was originally designed for interpreted use, with statistics and graphics.
However, GUI, web and other applications are possible.
And it's been around for a while.
(So, not "recently").
Maybe your organization could/should pay a programmer to do it?
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