[R] data usage

[Edwin Leuven]

hello,

for my present project i need to use the data stored in a ca. 100mb 
stata dataset. 

when i import the data in R using:

library("foreign")
x<-read.dta("mydata.dta")

i find that R needs a startling 665mb of memory!

(in stata i can simply allocate, say, 128mb of memory and go ahead)

is there anyway around this, or should i forget R for analysis of 
datasets of this magnitude?

thanks for you help in this, edwin.