# With Missings, Julia is slower than R

**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/with-missings-julia-is-slower-than-r/11838
**Category:** General Usage
**Created:** [June 21, 2018, 3:17am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/with-missings-julia-is-slower-than-r/11838 "2018-06-21T03:17:56Z")
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### Author: ![StefanKarpinski](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/stefankarpinski/32/24_2.png) [@StefanKarpinski](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/StefanKarpinski)
#### Post date: [June 21, 2018, 3:19am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/with-missings-julia-is-slower-than-r/11838/2 "2018-06-21T03:19:58Z")

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- Don’t benchmark in global scope ([performance tips](https://docs.julialang.org/en/stable/manual/performance-tips/))
- Use [BenchmarkTools](https://github.com/JuliaCI/BenchmarkTools.jl) for benchmarking
- The first run includes compile time

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