[R] Problem with data.frames

[Peter Dalgaard BSA]

Andreas Eckner <andreas.eckner at soundinvest.net> writes:

> Hi,
> 
> I just encountered a problem in R that may easily be fixed: If one uses
> attach for a data.frame e.g. 10000 times and forgets detach, then R gets
> incredibly slow (less then 10% of the original speed).

R also gets incredibly slow if you create 10000 copies of your data
set, which is effectively the same thing! The fix is: Don't do that... 

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