Publications by Thinking inside the box
random 0.2.4
A new release of our random package for truly (hardware-based) random numbers as provided by random.org is now on CRAN. The R 3.2.0 release brought the change to use an internal method="libcurl" which we are using if available; else the curl::curl() method added in release 0.2.3 is used. We are also a little more explicit about closing connection...
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RInside 0.2.13
A new release 0.2.13 of RInside is now on CRAN. RInside provides a set of convenience classes which facilitate embedding of R inside of C++ applications and programs, using the classes and functions provided by Rcpp. This release works around a bug in R 3.2.0, and addressed in R 3.2.0-patched. The NEWS extract below has more details. Changes in ...
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BH release 1.58.0-1
A new released of BH is now on CRAN. BH provides a large part of the Boost C++ libraries as a set of template headers for use by R and Rcpp. This release both upgrades the version of Boost to the current release, and adds a new library: Boost MultiPrecision . A brief summary of changes from the NEWS file is below. Changes in version 1.58.0-1 (20...
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drat 0.0.4: Yet more features and documentation
A new version, now at 0.0.4, of the drat package arrived on CRAN yesterday. Its name stands for drat R Archive Template, and it helps with easy-to-create and easy-to-use repositories for R packages, and is finding increasing by other projects. Version 0.0.4 brings both new code and more documentation: support for binary repos on Windows and OS X...
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rfoaas 0.1.6
After a few quiet months, a new version of rfoaas is now on CRAN. As before, it shadows upstream release of FOAAS from which carried over the version number 0.1.6. The rfoaas package provides an interface for R to the most excellent FOAAS service–which provides a modern, scalable and RESTful web service for the frequent need to tell someone to ...
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RcppArmadillo 0.5.200.1.0
Conrad put out a new minor release 5.200.1 of Armadillo yesterday. Armadillo is a powerful and expressive C++ template library for linear algebra aiming towards a good balance between speed and ease of use with a syntax deliberately close to a Matlab. Our corresponding RcppArmadillo release 0.5.200.1.0 is now on CRAN and on its way into Debian. S...
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pkgKitten 0.1.3: Still creating R Packages that purr
A new release, now at version 0.1.3, of pkgKitten arrived on CRAN this morning. The main change is (optional) support of the excellent whoami package by Gabor which allows us to fill in the Author: and Maintainer: fields of the DESCRIPTION file with automatically discovered values. This is however only a Suggests: and not a Depends: to not force ...
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random 0.2.5
A few days ago and while we were traveling, an updated release of our random package for truly (hardware-based) random numbers as provided by random.org arrived on CRAN. Brian Ripley had pointed out to us that some of the curl implementations (which must now be used as https is mandatory at random.org) did not follow redirects. Which was bad luck...
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RcppRedis 0.1.4
A small update to RcppRedis arrived on CRAN a few days ago. One of the unit tests failed as we (still) initialized the rredis package (loaded only for a comparison) in a form long-internalized by Bryan Lewis, its author. No actual changes to functionality were; the only other changes is cosmetic and in response a R CMD check requirement where the...
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RcppGSL 0.2.5
A new version of RcppGSL arrived on CRAN a couple of days ago. This package provides an interface from R to the GNU GSL using our Rcpp package. In the course of preparation for the higher-performance R via C++ course I gave in Zuerich last month, I overhauled this package, its embedded package (!!) showing how to build a package which uses R, C++...
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