> On Apr 5, 2017, at 11:34 AM, Tunga Kantarcı <tungakanta...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Thanks a lot Marc, for informing that R is object oriented, implying > that one should always try to vectorise the code (although I am not so > clear why this should be the case) but also for all the references you > provide.
Hi, The reason for taking an object oriented approach using vectorized code, is that frequently, the R code that you write is internally calling compiled C code to perform the actual iterations over the object structure. Thus, being that compiled C code is much faster than interpreted R code, there is significant efficiency to be achieved by taking an object oriented approach to key operations. In addition, when used, a single line of vectorized code and/or a vectorized function can replace multiple lines of code in a different language. Thus, from a coding efficiency and readability standpoint, it is far more efficient. Regards, Marc ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
