Hello! What about using WSL on Windows, please? Would that help?
Thank you, Sincerely, Erin On Mon, Mar 13, 2023 at 5:25 AM Uwe Ligges <lig...@statistik.tu-dortmund.de> wrote: > > > On 13.03.2023 11:43, quirin stier wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I would like to ask what the current situation is regarding R packages > > for computations on the GPU. There are no more official CRAN packages > > using CUDA or OpenCL as foundation. There are only packages providing > > either access to OpenCL, tensorflow or similar and packages using > > directives in C++ via OpenMP. > > > > My aim is to provide an R package using OpenCL. However, as far as I > > know, such package would not run in Windows. Does CRAN accept packages > > which are not compatible with every os? > > CRAN asks for cross plattform code if possible. In some situations where > it is not possible to provide cross plattform code, CRAN also accepts > code that works for many (but not all) plattforms. > > OpenCL and Windows: Why would a package using OpenCL not work on Windows? > We may have difficulties providimg binaries of the package (and checking > it) as corresponding graphics hardware is not available on the > build/check machines, but if possible you shopudl support that users > with the required hardware can compile the package from sources on > Windows, too. > > Best, > Uwe Ligges > > ______________________________________________ > R-package-devel@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-package-devel > -- Erin Hodgess, PhD mailto: erinm.hodg...@gmail.com [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-package-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-package-devel
