[R] F# vs. R

[Marc Schwartz]

On Jul 7, 2010, at 10:31 AM, Sergey Goriatchev wrote:

> Hello, everyone
> 
> F# is now public. Compiled code should run  faster than R.
> 
> Anyone has opinion on F# vs. R? Just curious
> 
> Best,
> S


The key time critical parts of R are written in compiled C and FORTRAN.

Of course, if you want to take the time to code and validate a Cox PH or mixed effects model in F# and then run them against R's coxph() or lme()/lmer() functions to test the timing, feel free...  :-)

So unless there is a pre-existing library of statistical and related functionality for F#, perhaps you need to reconsider your query.

Regards,

Marc Schwartz