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R is fast at processing data sets, but it is limited by memory (physical RAM plus swap). SAS processes much larger data sets, but it is slow because it keeps the data sets on the hard drive. Although computer processors have become faster and memory larger, hard drive performance hasn’t changed much: disk I/O is […]
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