"Dependencies are an invitation for other people to break your package." -- @joshua_ulrich Which of these two setups to query @PostgreSQL from #RStats looks more likely to take that invitation? (Disclaimer: I was the Google Summer of Code mentor helping create RPostgreSQL.)

RcppSMC 0.2.6 on CRAN: Compiler Update Sequential Monte Carlo / Particle Filters for R dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2… #rcpp #rstats

RcppArmadillo 0.10.7.5.0 on CRAN: Some Bug Fixes R bindings to powerful and expressive C++ matrix library dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2… #rcpp #rstats

RProtoBuf 0.4.18 on CRAN: Multiple Updates An R interface to Google Protocol Buffers data serialization dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2… #rstats #rcpp

BH 1.78.0-0 on CRAN: New Upstream, Two New Libraries Boost C++ header goodness for R dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2… #rstats #rcpp

The reference mentioned in my previous is e.g. on this slide from my useR! 2020 tutorial: #rstats

Another STAT 447 is in the books, and a big thank you and congratulations to all students. Group projects were impressive (see below). Been thinking about "external" project topics for Data Science Programming Methods, may open a GH repo. Get in touch if interested. #rstats

nanotime 0.3.5 on CRAN: Update High-resolution nanosecond time functionality for R dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2… #rstats #rcpp

RcppCCTZ 0.2.10 on CRAN: Updates Interface to CCTZ C++ date/time and timezone library dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2… #rstats #rcpp

RDieHarder 0.2.3 on CRAN: Packaging Updates DieHarder RNG testing for R dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2… #rstats