[datatable-help] A new package int64 to support 64-bit integer in R

[Branson Owen]

2011/11/21 Matthew Dowle <mdowle at mdowle.plus.com>

> There doesn't seem to be an FR in data.table related to this though.
>
> int64 indeed looks very useful. It seems to do it internally using 2
> regular int vectors, and that causes data.table an issue because it
> doesn't currently accept types that are not atomic (such as POSIXlt).
> That could be the FR then: allowing multi-column types (for which int64
> is worth it, but not POSIXlt)?
>
> I don't know how int64 compares to those, or if they use multi-columns
> internally or not, or what.
>
> Btw, does anyone know what sponsorship by Google actually means in
> practice?


I feel that the biggest benefit is advertising and marketing. Not all great
work get enough notice. Good channel to spread out awesome work is
important, too.

Funding is extra small advantage.

FYI (for people who haven't read it), here is a blog article form Google
about int64 package:
http://google-opensource.blogspot.com/2011/11/bringing-64-bit-data-to-r.html
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