Re: what's the best tool for doing statistical calculations of > 10e6 data points?



revansx wrote:

> Robert...Thanks!
>
> I have downloaded "R" and have already read in my ascii data file of
> 1x10e6 data points. :-)
> "R" read it in in one operation and plotted it for me within just a
> minute of two. wow!
> It took 6 hours to do the same thing with dataplot on the same PC.
>
> This will be great!
> I owe you one.
> (I will miss Dataplot /*sniff*/)

Hey, I'm glad to hear this story has a happy ending.

By the way, if/when you have questions about R, your best bet is the R
users mailing list.
See the web site http://www.r-project.org/ for the sign up ***.

Happy number crunching,
Robert Dodier

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