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license: MIT
title: 'later: Utilities for Scheduling Functions to Execute Later with Event Loops'
version: 1.4.5
doi: 10.32614/CRAN.package.later
abstract: Executes arbitrary R or C functions some time after the current time, after
  the R execution stack has emptied. The functions are scheduled in an event loop.
authors:
- family-names: Chang
  given-names: Winston
  email: winston@posit.co
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1576-2126
- family-names: Cheng
  given-names: Joe
  email: joe@posit.co
- family-names: Gao
  given-names: Charlie
  email: charlie.gao@posit.co
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0750-061X
repository: https://test.r-universe.dev
repository-code: https://github.com/r-lib/later
commit: 44df32274f3f0fc65a069fe099e4f762dece9621
url: https://later.r-lib.org
date-released: '2026-01-08'
contact:
- family-names: Gao
  given-names: Charlie
  email: charlie.gao@posit.co
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0750-061X