[Rcpp-commits] r574 - papers/rjournal

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Author: romain
Date: 2010-02-05 11:53:24 +0100 (Fri, 05 Feb 2010)
New Revision: 574

Modified:
   papers/rjournal/EddelbuettelFrancois.bib
   papers/rjournal/EddelbuettelFrancois.tex
Log:
having a go at the abstract, remove the explicit section 'introduction' and 'overview' 

Modified: papers/rjournal/EddelbuettelFrancois.bib
===================================================================
--- papers/rjournal/EddelbuettelFrancois.bib	2010-02-05 10:19:37 UTC (rev 573)
+++ papers/rjournal/EddelbuettelFrancois.bib	2010-02-05 10:53:24 UTC (rev 574)
@@ -114,3 +114,12 @@
   url = 	 {http://CRAN.R-project.org/package=RcppTemplate}
 }
 
+ at Manual{cran:rprotobuf,
+    title = {RProtoBuf: R Interface to the Protocol Buffers API},
+    author = {Romain Francois and Dirk Eddelbuettel},
+    year = {2010},
+    note = {R package version 0.1-0},
+    url = {http://r-forge.r-project.org/projects/rprotobuf/, http://code.google.com/p/protobuf/},
+}
+
+

Modified: papers/rjournal/EddelbuettelFrancois.tex
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--- papers/rjournal/EddelbuettelFrancois.tex	2010-02-05 10:19:37 UTC (rev 573)
+++ papers/rjournal/EddelbuettelFrancois.tex	2010-02-05 10:53:24 UTC (rev 574)
@@ -5,9 +5,16 @@
 
 \maketitle
 
-\abstract{TBD}
+\abstract{The \pkg{Rcpp} package dramatically simplifies the 
+process of integrating C++ code with R. It provides a
+consistent C++ class hierarchy that map various types of 
+R objects (vectors, functions, environments, ...) to 
+dedicated C++ class. Data interchange between R and C++
+is managed by simple, flexible and extensible concepts.
+\pkg{Rcpp} substancially lowers the language barrier for programmers
+who want to plug compiled code in an R package.}
 
-\section{Introduction}
+% \section{Introduction}
 
 TBD, probably close to last
 
@@ -17,7 +24,12 @@
 also significantly eases access from C++ itself (and to the C++
 representation of R objects).  Does that make sense?
 
-\section{Overview}
+% \section{Overview}
+% [Romain:] we don't need introduction and overview, one should be enough
+%           also some articles don't have anything. For example 
+%           the party on article in the last issue directly start with 
+%           text after the abstract. I like that. Also is the case of the
+%           "new R help system" article
 
 % [Romain:] the overview is really messy and probably 
 % needs a complete rewrite when all other sections are finished
@@ -730,8 +742,8 @@
 of the code, which improves code readability and maintainability.
 The redesign of \code{Rcpp} was motivated by the needs of other 
 projects such as \code{RInside} for easy embedding 
-of R in a c++ application and \code{RProtoBuf} that interfaces
-with the protocol buffer library. 
+of R in a c++ application and \code{RProtoBuf} \citep{cran:rprotobuf} 
+that interfaces with the protocol buffer library. 
 
 \bibliography{EddelbuettelFrancois}