Re: [R] sequential processing

2007-01-23 Thread Prof Brian Ripley
, January 21, 2007 2:22 PM To: r-help@stat.math.ethz.ch Subject: [R] sequential processing Like many others, I am new to R but old to SAS. Am I correct in understanding that R processes a data frame in a sequential ly? This would imply that large input files could be read, without the need

Re: [R] sequential processing

2007-01-22 Thread bogdan romocea
/44332/focus=44343 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gerard Smits Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2007 2:22 PM To: r-help@stat.math.ethz.ch Subject: [R] sequential processing Like many others, I am new to R but old to SAS. Am I correct

Re: [R] sequential processing

2007-01-22 Thread Gerard Smits
://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.r.general/44332/focus=44343 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gerard Smits Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2007 2:22 PM To: r-help@stat.math.ethz.ch Subject: [R] sequential processing Like many others, I am new to R

[R] sequential processing

2007-01-21 Thread Gerard Smits
Like many others, I am new to R but old to SAS. Am I correct in understanding that R processes a data frame in a sequential ly? This would imply that large input files could be read, without the need to load the entire file into memory. Related to the manner of reading a frame, I have been