[R] RAM usage

[ripley@stats.ox.ac.uk]

On Mon, 21 Oct 2002 ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk wrote:

> > I would like to
> > know if it is possible how much memory R needs for storing for example real
> > matrix size of 50 rows and 100 columns together with column and row names.
> > Or where to find information on such subject.
>
> In the source files.  reals are stored in the system's C double type,
> which is usually 4 bytes.

Oops, 8 bytes, usually.


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