Programming Leftovers

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Dec 17, 2024

• Dirk Eddelbuettel ☛ Dirk Eddelbuettel: #45: Some r-ci Updates

  Welcome to post 45 in the $R^4 series!

  We introduced r-ci here in post #32 here nearly four years ago. It has found pretty widespread use and adoption, and we received a few kind words then (in the linked issue) and also more recently (in a follow-up comment) from which we merrily quote:

  […] almost 3 years later on and I have had zero problems with this CI setup. For people who want reliable R software, resources like these are invaluable.

• Rlang ☛ Extracting Data from OECD Databases in R: Using the oecd and rsdmx Packages

  The OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) provides extensive databases for economic, social, and environmental indicators. Accessing these programmatically through R is efficient and reproducible.

• Qt ☛ Qt Creator 15 - CMake Update

  Here are the new CMake features and fixes in Qt Creator 15:

• BSD

  • Brian Callahan ☛ Let's cross compile from FreeBSD/amd64 to macOS/aarch64

    A quick tutorial for setting up a complete cross compiling envinroment using a FreeBSD/amd64 host and macOS/aarch64 target

• Perl / Raku

  • Rakulang ☛ Raku Weekly 2024.51 Bus++

    Will Coleda and Justin DeVuyst have co-produced the eleventh Rakudo compiler release of 2024: 2024.12, with quite a few fixes and some minor improvements. Binary packages will become available shortly, as well as updates to Rakudo Star, if they are not already.

• Rust

  • Rust Blog ☛ The Rust Programming Language Blog: November project goals update

    The Rust project is currently working towards a slate of 26 project goals, with 3 of them designed as Flagship Goals.