Subject: [R] How does R compares for speed? Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2002 11:25:52 +0200 From: "Philippe Grosjean" To: Hi, For those who are interested, I have update my R benchmark (to version 1.5.0) and also to Splus 6. They are available at: http://www.sciviews.org/other/benchmark.htm. A comparison is made between Matlab (5.3 & 6), R 1.5.0, Splus 6 rel 2, O-Matrix 5.1, Octave 2.1.31, Scilab 2.6, Rlab 2.1 and OX 3.00 under Windows 2000 pro. Overall, R is not the fastest package, but it is one of the fastest... and comparison with Splus is interesting! Please, note that the benchmark tests only a few function, and also gives no information about the "richness" or "usability" of the various software tested. At least, it is interesting to note that R is becoming more and more performant with versions: the benchmark applied to previous versions of R identified some lacks in performance, particularly in the sort() function, which now belong to the past. Congratulation for all who contributed (and still contribute) to make R one of the best statistical and "number crunching" system!!! Regards, Philippe Grosjean ...........]<(({°<...............<°}))><............................... ( ( ( ( ( ) ) ) ) ) Philippe Grosjean ( ( ( ( ( ) ) ) ) ) IFREMER Nantes - DEL/AO ( ( ( ( ( rue de l'Ile d'Yeu, BP 21105, 44311 Nantes Cedex 3 ) ) ) ) ) tel: (33) 02.40.37.42.29, fax: (33) 02.40.37.42.41 ( ( ( ( ( e-mail: philippe.grosjean@ifremer.fr or phgrosjean@sciviews.org ) ) ) ) ) ( ( ( ( ( SciViews project coordinator (http://www.sciviews.org) ) ) ) ) ) ( ( ( ( ( "I'm 100% confident that p is between 0 and 1" ) ) ) ) ) L. Gonick & W. Smith (1993) ....................................................................... -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- r-help mailing list -- Read http://www.ci.tuwien.ac.at/~hornik/R/R-FAQ.html Send "info", "help", or "[un]subscribe" (in the "body", not the subject !) To: r-help-request@stat.math.ethz.ch _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._