in reply to Issue on covariance calculation

Perl is fairly memory inefficient for this kind of mathematical calculation. Each scalar is represented internally by a data structure rather than just the number itself.

I suggest you look at PDL. C.f The Perl Data Language (PDL): A Quick Reference Guide

-xdg

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