The tools my life runs on
The tools my life runs on. What is impressive, and what is tolerated. All can be replaced, except one without which I would stop working.
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Choosing a numerical programming language for economic research: Julia, MATLAB, Python or R
Economic researchers can choose between four general purpose programming languages – Julia, MATLAB, Python, and R. This column evaluates the four, com…
Read moreThe lifetime of code
How far into the future should we be able to execute computer code written today? Next month, next year next decade or next century? My choice of a la…
Read moreGlobal market risk
There are a million ways to measure financial risk, and if one wants to calculate global risk, it requires a truly heroic set of assumptions. But it's…
Read moreHow fast is the Apple M1?
The new Apple M1 processor has gotten excellent reviews for speed. Getting curious, I measured its speed on pure c code, latex and R and compared it t…
Read moreWhich programming language is best for economic research: Julia, Matlab, Python or R?
The most widely used programming languages for economic research are Julia, Matlab, Python and R. This column uses three criteria to compare the langu…
Read moreARM on AWS for R
Amazon AWS has been recommending ARM Graviton2 as a cost-effective alternative to Intel/AMD instances. So I tried it out.
Read moreOf Julia and R
I just tried the same code in R's data.tables and Julia's DataFrames, and the results are a bit surprising.
Read moreWhich numerical computing language is best: Julia, MATLAB, Python or R?
Julia, MATLAB, Python and R are among the most commonly used numerical programming languages by economic researchers. In this post, Jon Danielsson and…
Read moreIs Julia ready for prime time?
I really want to like Julia. She promises to solve all the frustrations with other numerical languages.
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