R devel - Oct 2005 - Control R from another program (written in Delphi)

Hi

I want to analysis data (generatet in a simulation written in Delphi) in 
R and the user interface will also written in Delpni -0 i.e. I want to 
control R from another program which is written in Delphi.
At the moment I am using the (D)COM interface but as I would like to run 
R on a Linux Cluster, thits is not an option any more.
What is the easiest way of copntrolluing R over the network? I thought 
about sockets, but I am a little bit stuck.

Any tips welcome,

Rainer


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Rainer,

On Oct 17, 2005, at 1:13 PM, Rainer M. Krug wrote:
> At the moment I am using the (D)COM interface but as I would like  
> to run R on a Linux Cluster, thits is not an option any more.
> What is the easiest way of copntrolluing R over the network? I  
> thought  about sockets, but I am a little bit stuck.
We have been using snow+Rpvm very successfully. There are tons of  
other approaches and tools as well (mosix, rmpi, snowFT, ...). I  
would start with snow, because it is very flexible and even offers  
socket-only solution when necessary.

Cheers,
Simon