Articles by Thinking inside the box

RcppRedis 0.1.6

October 6, 2015 | Thinking inside the box

An incremental RcppRedis release arrived on CRAN yesterday. Russell Pierce contributed four new function for pushing and popping to/from lists, and added authentication support. I added a simple ping command as well. Changes in version 0.1.6 (2015-... [Read more...]

RcppArmadillo 0.6.100.0.0

October 4, 2015 | Thinking inside the box

The somewhat regular monthly upstream Armadillo update brings us a first release of the 6.* series. This follows an earlier test release announced on the list, and released to the Rcpp drat. And as version 6.100.0 was released on Friday by Conrad, we rolled it into RcppArmadillo release 0.6.100.0.0 yesterday. Following yet another ... [Read more...]

RcppEigen 0.3.2.5.1

September 24, 2015 | Thinking inside the box

A bugfix release of RcppEigen is now on CRAN and in Debian. The NEWS file entry follows. Changes in RcppEigen version 0.3.2.5.1 (2015-09-23) Corrected use of kitten() thanks to Grant Brown (#21) Applied upstream change to protect agains... [Read more...]

RcppArmadillo 0.5.600.2.0

September 20, 2015 | Thinking inside the box

And yet another upstream Armadillo update -- version 5.600.2 was released yesterday by Conrad. So I pushed a new and matching RcppArmadillo release 0.5.600.2.0 to CRAN and to Debian. Armadillo is a powerful and expressive C++ template library for linear algebra aiming towards a good balance between speed and ease of use ... [Read more...]

RQuantLib 0.4.1

September 20, 2015 | Thinking inside the box

Right before heading off to last week's excellent EARL 2015 conference in London, a new minor release of RQuantLib was released onto CRAN and into Debian. The changes are detailed below. Changes in RQuantLib version 0.4.1 (2015-09-11) Changes... [Read more...]

Rcpp 0.12.1: First boat load of fixes!

September 10, 2015 | Thinking inside the box

The first updated in the 0.12.* series of Rcpp is now on the CRAN network for GNU R this morning, and I will push a Debian package. This follows the 0.12.0 release from late July which started to some serious new features. Rcpp has become the most popular way of enhancing GNU ... [Read more...]

It was twenty years ago today…

September 8, 2015 | Thinking inside the box

Hm, wasn't there a catchy tune that started that way? Just kidding. But about twenty years ago today I sent this email about a new Debian package upload -- and that makes it (as best as I can tell) the earliest trace of me doing Debian work. It so h... [Read more...]

It was twenty years ago today…

September 8, 2015 | Thinking inside the box

Hm, wasn't there a catchy tune that started that way? Just kidding. But about twenty years ago today I sent this email about a new Debian package upload -- and that makes it (as best as I can tell) the earliest trace of me doing Debian work. It so h... [Read more...]

RcppDE 0.1.4

September 5, 2015 | Thinking inside the box

A second maintenance release 0.1.4 of our RcppDE package, following on the heels of the recent 0.1.3. release arrived on CRAN today. RcppDE is a "port" of DEoptim, a popular package for derivative-free optimisation using differential optimization, to C++. By using RcppArmadillo, the code becomes a lot shorter and more legible. This ... [Read more...]

RcppArmadillo 0.5.500.2.0

September 3, 2015 | Thinking inside the box

Once again time for the monthly upstream Armadillo update -- version 5.500.2 was released earlier today by Conrad. And a new and matching RcppArmadillo release 0.5.500.2.0 in already on CRAN and will go to Debian shortly. Armadillo is a powerful and expressive C++ template library for linear algebra aiming towards a good ... [Read more...]

RcppGSL 0.3.0

August 30, 2015 | Thinking inside the box

A new version of RcppGSL just arrived on CRAN. The RcppGSL package provides an interface from R to the GNU GSL using our Rcpp package. Following on the heels of an update last month we updated the package (and its vignette) further. One of the key additions concern memory management: ... [Read more...]

RProtoBuf 0.4.3

August 25, 2015 | Thinking inside the box

A new maintenance release 0.4.3 of RProtoBuf is now on CRAN. RProtoBuf provides R bindings for the Google Protocol Buffers ("Protobuf") data encoding library used and released by Google, and deployed as a language and operating-system agnostic protocol by numerous projects. This release comes upon the request of CRAN and adds ... [Read more...]

RcppDE 0.1.3

August 24, 2015 | Thinking inside the box

A pure maintenance release 0.1.3 of the RcppDE package arrived on CRAN yesterday. RcppDE is a "port" of DEoptim, a popular package for derivative-free optimisation using differential optimization, to C++. By using RcppArmadillo, the code becomes a lot shorter and more legible. This version simply fixes a typo in the vignette ... [Read more...]

RcppArmadillo 0.5.400.2.0

August 17, 2015 | Thinking inside the box

A new Armadillo release 5.400.2 was just released by Conrad. Consequently, a new RcppArmadillo release 0.5.400.2.0 went out to CRAN and into Debian. 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 ... [Read more...]

Rblpapi: Connecting R to Bloomberg

August 14, 2015 | Thinking inside the box

Whit, John and I are thrilled to announce Rblapi, a new CRAN package which connects R to the Bloomberg backends. Rebuilt from scratch using only the Bloomberg C++ API and the Rcpp and BH packages, it offers efficient and direct access from R to a truly vast number of financial ... [Read more...]

RcppArmadillo 0.5.300.4.0

August 4, 2015 | Thinking inside the box

A new Armadillo release 5.300.4 was prepared by Conrad the other day, and we prepared a new corresponding RcppArmadillo release 0.5.300.4.0 which is now on CRAN and in way into Debian. Armadillo is a powerful and expressive C++ template library for linear algebra aiming towards a good balance between speed and ease ... [Read more...]
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