R help - Jul 2016 - Using C library in R

Jeff Newmiller <jdnewmil <at> dcn.davis.ca.us>
writes:
> 2) Interfacing R with other languages is off-topic on this list. There are 
other lists where such issues are
> on-topic. Your post is a bit like walking into a bowling alley and asking
if
anyone there can solve your
> chess problem... someone might be able to, but it isn't very efficient
and
disturbs the bowlers unnecessarily.

Not sure I agree. It is an advanced topic, but it is not off-list.

Dirk

You are entitled to your opinion,  but apparently you have not read the Posting
Guide either.
-- 
Sent from my phone. Please excuse my brevity.

On July 22, 2016 6:00:19 PM PDT, Dirk Eddelbuettel <edd at debian.org>
wrote:
>Jeff Newmiller <jdnewmil <at> dcn.davis.ca.us> writes:
>> 2) Interfacing R with other languages is off-topic on this list.
>There are 
>other lists where such issues are
>> on-topic. Your post is a bit like walking into a bowling alley and
>asking if 
>anyone there can solve your
>> chess problem... someone might be able to, but it isn't very
>efficient and 
>disturbs the bowlers unnecessarily.
>
>Not sure I agree. It is an advanced topic, but it is not off-list.
>
>Dirk
>
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Jeff Newmiller <jdnewmil <at> dcn.davis.ca.us>
writes:
> You are entitled to your opinion,  but apparently you have not read the 
Posting Guide either.

Where as you chose to ignore it (cf paragraph about Good Manners). That 
is clearly superior.

The Posting Guide is not specific about this and does NOT say that all 
questions related to compiled code should go to r-devel.  

Dirk