R help - Dec 2002 - Is there plan to make R multithread?

Hello R Pioneers,
 I sometimes use R on a dual CPU PC runing Linux and find that only 1 CPU is
used even when no other user/process competes for resources.  Can we make R uses
both CPUs to have the job done sooner?  I know this is probably asking too much
for something that is free.  Has anyone else thought about it?  Thanks.
Ming Chow

>>>>> "mingliz" == mingliz  <mingliz at
surfbest.net> writes:
    mingliz> Hello R Pioneers, I sometimes use R on a dual CPU PC
    mingliz> runing Linux and find that only 1 CPU is used even when
    mingliz> no other user/process competes for resources.  Can we
    mingliz> make R uses both CPUs to have the job done sooner?  I
    mingliz> know this is probably asking too much for something that
    mingliz> is free.  Has anyone else thought about it?  Thanks.
    mingliz> Ming Chow

Search the mailing list for past discussions on this topic.  The short
answer is no you can't do it.  The long answer is yes, you can do it
with a bit of programming (using PVM/MPI and SNOW).

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