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How does R handle zero-copy data sharing in high-performance pipelines?

Updated May 24, 2026

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Zero-copy is achieved via Arrow and shared memory interfaces across systems.

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Instead of copying data between systems, Arrow enables shared memory buffers. This reduces serialization overhead and improves performance in distributed pipelines.

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