Efficiency – who cares? [Software]
Hi David,
Who needs efficient software?
A friend of mine (in big pharma) had R-code for a large simulation study which completed overnight. The (US-based) company insisted in SAS (because SAS is “validated”…). SAS is poor in handling large datasets in RAM and starts to swap to the HD. Run-time was a couple of months. He had to buy another machine just to run the sim’s. Company was happy with that. Results were practically identical to what he already knew from R months earlier.
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Who needs efficient software?
A friend of mine (in big pharma) had R-code for a large simulation study which completed overnight. The (US-based) company insisted in SAS (because SAS is “validated”…). SAS is poor in handling large datasets in RAM and starts to swap to the HD. Run-time was a couple of months. He had to buy another machine just to run the sim’s. Company was happy with that. Results were practically identical to what he already knew from R months earlier.

Fast cars, fast women, fast algorithms …
what more could a man want? Joe Mattis
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- geomean() Helmut 2017-02-13 11:02
- geomean() DavidManteigas 2017-02-13 16:17
- geomean() Helmut 2017-02-14 14:06
- geomean() in SAS - crap d_labes 2017-02-14 15:39
- geomean() in SAS - crap DavidManteigas 2017-02-15 10:50
- geomean() in SAS - crap ElMaestro 2017-02-15 11:21
- geomean() in SAS - crap DavidManteigas 2017-02-15 13:06
- Efficiency – who cares?Helmut 2017-02-15 14:26
- Efficiency – who cares? nobody 2017-02-15 15:22
- Efficiency – who cares? DavidManteigas 2017-02-15 16:12
- Efficiency – who cares? Helmut 2017-02-15 16:39
- Efficiency – who cares?Helmut 2017-02-15 14:26
- Big money d_labes 2017-02-15 13:19
- geomean() in SAS - crap DavidManteigas 2017-02-15 13:06
- geomean() in SAS - crap ElMaestro 2017-02-15 11:21
- geomean() in SAS - crap DavidManteigas 2017-02-15 10:50
- geomean() in SAS - crap d_labes 2017-02-14 15:39
- geomean() Helmut 2017-02-14 14:06
- geomean() DavidManteigas 2017-02-13 16:17
- geomean() Helmut 2017-02-13 11:02