> On 10 Nov 2015, at 6:55 am, Charles Johnson <charlesjohns...@outlook.com> 
> wrote:
> 
> ________________________________
>> Subject: Re: finding new developers 
>> From: nbr...@internode.on.net 
>> Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2015 06:43:22 +1000 
>> To: matej.kova...@owca.info 
>> CC: pspp-users@gnu.org 
>> 
>> Or perhaps start a different paradigm for adding function to PSPP  
>> (still need developers but maybe fewer): 
>> The big advantage of SPSS in my eyes was and is ease of use so why not  
>> focus on the front-end role of PSPP and 
>> put developer time there and leave the backend processing to R-Project  
>> for the calculating side of the task. 
>> That is, develop a general hook from PSPP into R (?start with  
>> generating R batch files and then bring R output back into PSPP) 
>> and focus on PSPP commands to drive that hook? 
>> 
> 
> See: http://www.gnu.org/software/pspp/faq.html#Merge 
> <http://www.gnu.org/software/pspp/faq.html#Merge>

In the context of the FAQ then that says “If you want an import/export filter 
or some other feature to help PSPP complement your favourite program, then 
please talk to us about it.”
Could we talk about an export filter to R (I like using PSPP for data clean up 
but R for factor analysis) and an import filter from R output? A configurable 
export/import filter to help PSPP complement R would be my request in the 
context of the FAQ sentiment.

Regards
Nigel

> 
> I think you'd better ask for a user-friendly GUI to R developers, although 
> there are several.
> In my experience, pspp works much faster than alternatives using large data, 
> which is an advantage. For that and other reasons I think pspp should be 
> further developed.  I agree that PSPPire must be on par with pspp, but the 
> advantage here is that pspp commands are easy to use by knowledgeable SPSS 
> largely unchanged.
> 
>> There is an approach to pivot tables in  
>> R http://www.rforexcelusers.com/make-pivottable-in-r/ which could  
>> perhaps be a starter for basic CTABLES back-end functionality? 
>> 
>> Regards 
>> Nigel 
>> 
> 
> 
> CJT
>                                         

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