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Efficiency – who cares? [Software]

posted by Helmut  – Vienna, Austria, 2017-02-15 15:26 (2992 d 16:27 ago) – Posting: # 17064
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Hi David,

❝ […] how efficient that would be […]

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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          • 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
              • Big money d_labes 2017-02-15 13:19