[R] F# vs. R

[Sergey Goriatchev]

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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