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<div>I have been attempting to collect enough material together to create a wiki book of sorts for the Windows user that is likely new to C++ as well. I would be pleased to receive progress notes/problems off-list as you venture here.</div>
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<div>Rtools is pretty good, but there are things happening that are quite foreign to most “plug and play” Windows users. The small bits of making sure you have assigned a correct PATH and, of course, assuring that R is installed in a directory without spaces
are critical and will be overlooked by some no matter how you post it. This stuff is much easier than getting a class of Wndows-oriented students going with a Linux installation.</div>
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<div>There is a new wrinkle with the advent of 64-bit architectures when it comes to multi-arch package builds. I think you would be best to stick to inline code development for just an introduction within a single semester sampler course of statistical programming.</div>
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