rPython on the cRunch server

[]¹ []² At [KMi]³ we have a hosted RStudio – [cRunch]⁴ – managed by [Fridolin Wild]⁵. A recent addition to the capabilities is a Python package – [rPython]⁶ (and [here on CRAN)]⁷– allowing users of the server to call Python from within RStudio. I was originally interested in getting this setup in order to play with some of the language processing capabilities of Python (e.g. for [processing document texts]⁸), I think I’ve now found R equivalents for at least some of the functions I was looking for, but I’ll certainly be keeping my eyes open for any interesting Python functions. The fact I can now work more easily with colleagues using Python (e.g. by sharing and embedding chunks of code) is also a nice addition. So – any suggestions for things this might be useful for?

Footnotes

1. http://www.rstudio.com/ ↩

2. https://www.python.org/ “By www.python.org (www.python.org) [GPL (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html)], via Wikimedia Commons” ↩

3. http://kmi.open.ac.uk/ ↩

4. http://crunch.kmi.open.ac.uk/ ↩

5. http://kmi.open.ac.uk/people/member/fridolin-wild ↩

6. https://code.google.com/p/rpython/ ↩

7. http://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/rPython/index.html ↩

8. http://sjgknight.com/finding-knowledge/2013/11/multiple-document-processing-in-r-or-python/ “Multiple Document Processing in R or Python” ↩