Re: [Rd] R and Visual Studio

2017-09-20 Thread Brian Ripley
> On 19 Sep 2017, at 11:53, lille stor wrote: > > Hi, > > I am trying to build R using Visual Studio 2010 but without success. My > question is if it possible build R with this compiler anyway? It has been done, in the distant past. However, none of the attempts produced a build which coul

Re: [Rd] R and Visual Studio

2017-09-19 Thread Dirk Eddelbuettel
On 19 September 2017 at 07:07, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote: | [ I believe there is an exception if you're a true compiler expert and really | know what you're doing. No such person is part of the wider R community as | far as I know. ] This was missing an important qualifier for "with particular know

Re: [Rd] R and Visual Studio

2017-09-19 Thread Dirk Eddelbuettel
On 19 September 2017 at 12:53, lille stor wrote: | I am trying to build R using Visual Studio 2010 but without success. My question is if it possible build R with this compiler anyway? In general, no. [ I believe there is an exception if you're a true compiler expert and really know what you're

[Rd] R and Visual Studio

2017-09-19 Thread lille stor
Hi,   I am trying to build R using Visual Studio 2010 but without success. My question is if it possible build R with this compiler anyway?   If not, could someone please tell how to link one's C code against both the static and shared libraries of R for Windows (that comes from the official web