mrip
Reputation: 15163
Is there a replacement for the int64 package?
Looks like int64 has been deprecated. So what is the official/best way to get well-behaved 64-bit ints in R?
I don't want to use gmp or any kind of big integer package. Are 64-bit ints built into R by default now/soon? I'm still running 3.0.1. Maybe I just need to upgrade.
Upvotes: 3
Views: 3090
Answers (1)
rafa.pereira
Reputation: 13817
There is a new package 'bit64' that promises to be way faster than 'int64'.
Here is the author of bit64 (Jens Oehlschlägel) giving a short explanation of the advantages of the new package. The vignette with full details is here.
Let's hope someone comes up with a more objective and reproducible benchmark comparison of the two packages.
Upvotes: 3
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