[R] How does R compares for speed?

[Philippe Grosjean]

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


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