[R] RE: [S] Dynamic Memory Allocation in R

[Liaw, Andy]

> From: Gamal Abdel-Azim [mailto:gamal at crinet.com] 
> 
> While trying to expand the memory/object size in R, I noticed 
> that R might be using 
> only heap memory. Is this true? Are all objects in R created 
> in the heap not 
> allocated? It's not logical that this is the case!! Otherwise 
> the whole R project would 
> be a total waste of time and resources.
> 
> If I am wrong please inform me. How to increase memory.size 
> in R? Is there a way 
> similar to options(object.size=size) in S-Plus. Notice that 
> the command R --max- vsize=N targets the heap memory!
> 
> I have recently installed R on a Linux machine (3GB RAM and 
> sufficiently large HD).
> 
> Sorry for posting to Splus not R. But if R works only in the 
> heap, I may not need to 
> subscribe to R-news at all.

But only the R folks could give you the definitive answer to this question!

Andy
 
> Thank You
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