R is the superglue language

We all know that scripting languages are often used as glueing unix commands together.

But the ultimate glueing language is R. By using R you can glue shared object libraries together in a seamless way that makes perl or python look pale. Here is a set of slides how you can use it together with all the R goodies:

R as the superglue language

Using R you can glue C/C++/ObjectiveC, FORTRAN, opengl, CUDA, web, MPI, threads and you name it... together.