[R] R memory usage and size limits

2009-02-05 Thread Tom Quarendon
I have a general question about R's usage or memory and what limits exist on the size of datasets it can deal with. My understanding was that all object in a session are held in memory. This implies that you're limited in the size of datasets that you can process by the amount of memory you've

Re: [R] R memory usage and size limits

2009-02-05 Thread Prof Brian Ripley
Please read ?Memory-limits and the R-admin manual for basic information. On Thu, 5 Feb 2009, Tom Quarendon wrote: I have a general question about R's usage or memory and what limits exist on the size of datasets it can deal with. My understanding was that all object in a session are held in