What is often forgotten in the so-called data analysis "language wars” is that, across most of these languages, many common computations are performed using outsourced dynamically linked math libraries. For example, R; Python's Numpy; Julia; Matlab; and Mathematica all make heavy use of the BLAS linear algebra API. As a result, R can't be properly »more
It's that time again; I suspect that Mavericks will be released in the next few weeks, so I get the once-every-year-(or-so) chance to experiment and modify the hell out of my OS X installation because I'll just do a fresh install soon anyway. This time around I'm experimenting with package managers. I've actually tried really »more
When starting out with R, getting data in and out can be a bit of a pain. It should take long to work out a convenient method – depending on what OS you use and what other packages you work with. In my case I prefer to work with Excel spreadsheets (which are versatile and […]
When starting out with R, getting data in and out can be a bit of a pain. It should take long to work out a convenient method – depending on what OS you use and what other packages you work with. In my case I prefer to work with Excel spreadsheets (which are versatile and […]
