So I think I don't quite understand how memory is working in R. I've been running into problems where the same piece of code gets slower later in the week (using the same R session - sometimes even when I clear the workspace). I've tried to develop a toy problem that I think reproduces the "slowing down affect" I have been observing, when working with large objects. Note the code below is somewhat memory intensive (don't blindly run this code without adjusting n and N to match what your set up can handle). Note that it will likely take you about 5-10 minutes before you start to see this slowing down pattern (possibly even longer). So I think I don't quite understand how memory