David, What version of Splus are you using? There should be a big improvement on handling large data in version7.

On 5/29/07, David L Cassell <davidlcassell@msn.com> wrote: > > liuwensui@GMAIL.COM replied: > > > >Joe, > >Like SAS, R is not perfect. Handling large data is not the strength of R. > > > But it does a good job on a lot of data sets. > > > >Everything could look stupid if it is misused. R's cousin, Splus, can > >handle > >large data pretty well. > > > I wish. I was never been happy with S-Plus performance on the > only platform I ever had it: Solaris. It just slowed down horribly as > data set sizes increased. > > Does it really perform well on large data sets in Win32 now? > > > >As you dig deeper, I bet you can find lots of defects of R, as expected. > >That's why SAS can still sell its product for $$$. > >Happy learning. ^_^. > > > David > -- > David L. Cassell > mathematical statistician > Design Pathways > 3115 NW Norwood Pl. > Corvallis OR 97330 > > _________________________________________________________________ > PC Magazine's 2007 editors' choice for best Web mail—award-winning Windows > Live Hotmail. > > http://imagine-windowslive.com/hotmail/?locale=en-us&ocid=TXT_TAGHM_migration_HM_mini_pcmag_0507 >

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