Re: [Rd] V2.9.0 changes [Sec=Unclassified]

2009-07-02 Thread Troy Robertson
> -Original Message- > From: Martin Morgan [mailto:mtmor...@fhcrc.org] > Sent: Thursday, 2 July 2009 10:58 PM > To: Troy Robertson > Cc: 'r-devel@R-project.org' > Subject: Re: [Rd] V2.9.0 changes [Sec=Unclassified] > > Troy Robertson wrote: > > Well

Re: [Rd] V2.9.0 changes [Sec=Unclassified]

2009-07-02 Thread Gabor Grothendieck
On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 1:37 AM, Troy Robertson wrote: > Well... > > My performance problems were in the pass-by-value semantics of R. > > I have just changed my classes to inherit from .environment and then moved > data members from S4 slots to the .xData objects as Martin suggested. > Note that

Re: [Rd] V2.9.0 changes [Sec=Unclassified]

2009-07-02 Thread Martin Morgan
Fish > Australian Antarctic Division > Channel Highway, Kingston 7050 > PH: 03 62323571 > troy.robert...@aad.gov.au > > >> -Original Message- >> From: Martin Morgan [mailto:mtmor...@fhcrc.org] >> Sent: Tuesday, 23 June 2009 11:25 PM >> To: Troy Robertson >> C

Re: [Rd] V2.9.0 changes [Sec=Unclassified]

2009-07-01 Thread Troy Robertson
Antarctic Division Channel Highway, Kingston 7050 PH: 03 62323571 troy.robert...@aad.gov.au > -Original Message- > From: Martin Morgan [mailto:mtmor...@fhcrc.org] > Sent: Tuesday, 23 June 2009 11:25 PM > To: Troy Robertson > Cc: 'r-devel@R-project.org' > Subject:

Re: [Rd] V2.9.0 changes [Sec=Unclassified]

2009-06-24 Thread Henrik Bengtsson
arctic Division >    TR> Channel Highway, Kingston 7050 >    TR> PH: 03 62323571 >    TR> troy.robert...@aad.gov.au > > >    >> -----Original Message----- >    >> From: Antonio, Fabio Di Narzo [mailto:antonio.fa...@gmail.com] >    >> Sent: Tuesday, 2

Re: [Rd] V2.9.0 changes [Sec=Unclassified]

2009-06-24 Thread Peter Dalgaard
Martin Maechler wrote: > > But then, as professional statisticians, we should consider the > famous >>>> Prediction is very difficult, especially about the future << > attributed to Physics Nobel Prize winner Niels Bohr. ...and quotations are even more difficult! A number of people are known

Re: [Rd] V2.9.0 changes [Sec=Unclassified]

2009-06-24 Thread Martin Maechler
gt; Sent: Tuesday, 23 June 2009 6:22 PM >> To: Troy Robertson >> Cc: r-devel@R-project.org >> Subject: Re: [Rd] V2.9.0 changes [Sec=Unclassified] >> >> Not a direct answer to your question, but... >> You might consider using

Re: [Rd] V2.9.0 changes [Sec=Unclassified]

2009-06-24 Thread Troy Robertson
e tomorrow. Cheers Troy > -Original Message- > From: Martin Morgan [mailto:mtmor...@fhcrc.org] > Sent: Tuesday, 23 June 2009 11:25 PM > To: Troy Robertson > Cc: 'r-devel@R-project.org' > Subject: Re: [Rd] V2.9.0 changes [Sec=Unclassified] > > Troy Robertson wrote:

Re: [Rd] V2.9.0 changes [Sec=Unclassified]

2009-06-23 Thread Troy Robertson
> Sent: Tuesday, 23 June 2009 6:22 PM > To: Troy Robertson > Cc: r-devel@R-project.org > Subject: Re: [Rd] V2.9.0 changes [Sec=Unclassified] > > Not a direct answer to your question, but... > You might consider using the R.oo package, from H. Bengtsson. It's > very stable,

Re: [Rd] V2.9.0 changes [Sec=Unclassified]

2009-06-23 Thread Martin Morgan
Troy Robertson wrote: > Hi all, > > > > Prefix: I am a frustrated Java coder in R. ah good, if you're frustrated with Java you'll find R very different ;) > > > > I am coding a medium sized ecosystem modelling program in R. I have changed > to using S4 objects and it has cost me an order

Re: [Rd] V2.9.0 changes [Sec=Unclassified]

2009-06-23 Thread Antonio, Fabio Di Narzo
Not a direct answer to your question, but... You might consider using the R.oo package, from H. Bengtsson. It's very stable, written in pure R, and cleanly allows you to do pass-by-reference OO programming, with no tricks. HTH, af 2009/6/23 Troy Robertson : > Hi all, > > > > Prefix: I am a frustr

[Rd] V2.9.0 changes [Sec=Unclassified]

2009-06-22 Thread Troy Robertson
Hi all, Prefix: I am a frustrated Java coder in R. I am coding a medium sized ecosystem modelling program in R. I have changed to using S4 objects and it has cost me an order of magnitude in execution speed over the functional model. I cannot afford this penalty and have found that it is