Saving a matrix in binary format

| Hi - is it possible to save and load a matrix in binary form using R?
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| For example save.matrix() - and load.matrix() , but where the saves and
| loads are in binary format for speed and compactness. 

See  help(save)   -- it is even better than what you ask for as it works for
every R data type, allows for compression and is portable across portable
thanks to the underlying xdr binary representation.  It is the same format R
uses when it saves an interactive session.

Hope this helps, Dirk

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