[R] slow start-up

Stefano stecalza at tiscalinet.it
Wed Mar 21 10:18:37 CET 2001


>How fast is starting Rterm in a terminal window?  It takes around a second
>on my 366MHz machine. If that is fast, it is an ESS problem, better sent
>to the ESS list (and possibly better sent there anyway: see the rw-FAQ).
>
>Do you have an existing .RData?  That can take a long time to read,
>if large and complex objects are in it. Try timing Rterm --vanilla.

Yes, it's extremly faster in terminal window, about 4 sec considering and .Rdata of about 22Mb.

Thank you and sorry for the OT,

Stefano



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