[R] F# vs. R

[Patrick Burns]

I'd like to hear answers to this as well.
A language doesn't have to be a complete
replacement to be useful.

F# seems to have some nice features.

Pat

On 07/07/2010 17:54, Sergey Goriatchev wrote:
> Hello, Marc
>
> No, I do not want to validate Cox PH. :-)
> I do use R daily, though right now I do not use the statistical part that much.
>
> I just generally wonder if any R-user tried F# and his/her opinions.
>
> Regards,
> Sergey
>
>
> On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 17:56, Marc Schwartz<marc_schwartz at me.com>  wrote:
>> On Jul 7, 2010, at 10:31 AM, Sergey Goriatchev wrote:
>>
>>> Hello, everyone
>>>
>>> F# is now public. Compiled code should run  faster than R.
>>>
>>> Anyone has opinion on F# vs. R? Just curious
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> S
>>
>>
>> The key time critical parts of R are written in compiled C and FORTRAN.
>>
>> Of course, if you want to take the time to code and validate a Cox PH or mixed effects model in F# and then run them against R's coxph() or lme()/lmer() functions to test the timing, feel free...  :-)
>>
>> So unless there is a pre-existing library of statistical and related functionality for F#, perhaps you need to reconsider your query.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Marc Schwartz
>>
>>
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>
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