What is a recommended R interface for Perl integration?

Question

I never dealt with R, so I was wondering if anyone can recommend (either from personal experience or some reviews/comparisons) which of the several Perl/R integration modules are considered "best practices"? Ideally something which could somehow qualify for production readiness.

Google shows several different modules but I am not quite sure how to evaluate the options, having zero previous R or statistics experience (the question came from a co-worker who was interested in using R)

Answer 1

Yes, looks like Statistics::R is probably your best bet. It's been updated recently, Brian Cassidy is a competent developer, and it's passing its CPAN smoke tests.

There is also Statistics::useR, it has been touched relatively recently, but that one doesn't seem to be compliant with CPAN's smoke testing system, which makes me a bit nervous.

That said, I haven't used either of these.

Answer 2

I've personally not used it but Statistics::R looks interesting. Its got a 3 star review on CPAN ratings and is currently going through a face lift with a new maintainer.

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