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Thanks, very interesting. I didn't know about this being able to run R inside JVM. What will happen with all existing packages that have C or C++ dependencies?

by nextos 11y ago

Thanks, very interesting. I didn't know about this being able to run R inside JVM. What will happen with all existing packages that have C or C++ dependencies? Perhaps it would be doable with a bridge? Having R tightly embedded in the JVM would be amazing.

eonwe 11y ago
In some cases they could perhaps do the same thing that's done with Ruby: interpret the C-extensions. It's not as crazy as it may seem and JRuby benefits hugely from it: http://chrisseaton.com/rubytruffle/cext/ http://chrisseaton.com/rubytruffle/cext/
- ch4s3 11y ago
  I'm pretty sure they aim to interpret the c, but I don't want to speak for Chris.
  - mike_hearn 11y ago
    They don't just interpret the C, they JIT compile it.