[R-SIG-Finance] Linux based programs

[Gabor Grothendieck]

R runs fine under Vista.

On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 3:38 PM, Yuguang Zhou <shiningsimon at gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear Grant, Gabor and Patrick,
>
> Thanks so much for your comments.
>
> I am actually not a developer but a student in quantitative finance. I am
> entering the R world to get one more tool to communicate with more people.
> Also, it might help me to replicate those procedures in some interesting
> academic paper using R language.
>
> So I guess I will start learning R from a windows version, and further
> switch to the Linux version if necessary.
>
> One more question, is it ok to install R in Vista Professional, which has
> been pre-installed on my laptop? Is there is any compatibility issue or
> annoying bugs?
>
> Again, thank you.
>
>
> Best,
> Yuguang
>
>
> On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 4:31 AM, Patrick Burns <patrick at burns-stat.com>wrote:
>
>> There have been other answers, this one is meant
>> to complement them.
>>
>> R is remarkably similar under all platforms.  In
>> particular I routinely move files of R objects created
>> with 'save' between platforms.
>>
>>
>> Patrick Burns
>> patrick at burns-stat.com
>> +44 (0)20 8525 0696
>> http://www.burns-stat.com
>> (home of S Poetry and "A Guide for the Unwilling S User")
>>
>> Yuguang Zhou wrote:
>>
>>> Dear all,
>>>
>>> I was also wondering is there any advantage using R on Linux vs. Windows?
>>>
>>> One friend told me that I might pick up the use of R on Linux, since some
>>> financial firms are using R in that platform. But what I want to know is,
>>> in
>>> terms of learning language, what is the difference b/t doing in tow
>>> platforms?
>>>
>>> Thanks very much!
>>>
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> Yuguang
>>>
>>> On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 10:24 AM, R P Herrold <herrold at owlriver.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> On Sun, 26 Oct 2008, malcolm croucher wrote:
>>>>
>>>>  I wondering if anyone could recommened some linux based programmes for
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> finance ? i.e programmes that you can develop code for in c++ ? which
>>>>> allow
>>>>> real time data feeds connection to databases ?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>  http://www.trading-shim.org/
>>>>
>>>> and in the FAQ, the 'Other Voices' page collects many more, suitable for
>>>> Free and Open Source operating systems.
>>>>
>>>> -- Russ herrold
>>>>
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