Thanks for the heads up - i will add that to the "pros".
Monica> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; r-help@r-project.org>
Date: Thu, 22 May 2008 09:32:06 -0700> Subject: RE: [R] Pros and Cons of R> >
On the 64-bit part, I tested 2.7.0 on a Dual Core Lenovo ThinkPad and was able
to allocate memory beyond 2G. Have not done much else otherwise but it seems to
work just fine.> > H> > -----Original Message-----> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Monica Pisica> Sent: Thursday, May 22,
2008 9:00 AM> To: r-help@r-project.org> Subject: [R] Pros and Cons of R> > >
Hi,> > I am doing a very informal presentation for my office about R
capabilities to deal with and analyze spatial data, display data and maps, and
connections with GIS. I've used in my presentation info from the CRAN, the
spatial Task view, and the more striking graphics examples from
http://addictedtor.free.fr/graphiques/thumbs.php and NCEAS
http://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/scicomp/GISSeminar/UseCases/MapProdWithRGraphics/OneMapProdWithRGraphics.html
together with examples of my own work.> > I am finishing with pros and cons
about R and I am wondering if you can come up with other examples, or comments.
Here they are:> > Pros:> > - R is a programming environment well suited for
statistical analysis.> - R is open source and cross platforms (Windows, Mac,
Linux).> - Fortran, C (C++), and Python wrappers are in place.> - Deals well
with spatial data, has a robust graphical interface and has an active user
group list / forum.> - External packages for R are almost daily increasing,
most of them based on published up-to-date books and peer-reviewed articles.> -
R related books - quite a few ....> > Cons:> > - R has a very steep learning
curve.> - There is no perfect "beginner" book.> - Experience with other
programming languages is a plus / minus.> - You can save scripts, but not
*.exe.> - It is updated several times a year (good) but there are no
up-grades.> - It seems that it is hard to install correctly under Linux.> -
Everything you want to do is a command line, minimal GUI.> - Memory management
problems (depends on your OS), especially when displaying big images at high
resolution or working with huge matrices (hundreds of Mb).> > Also i am
wondering if R works under 64 bit computers and if it takes advantage of it.> >
Thanks,> > Monica> >
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