beachmat

Beachmat is a C++ interface that enables efficient and flexible access to various matrix representations commonly used in R and Bioconductor for analyzing high-throughput biological data. It allows developers to write high-performance C++ code that seamlessly works with dense, sparse, and file-backed matrices, addressing the challenges posed by the increasing data size generated in experiments such as single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq). By providing a unified interface for data access, beachmat helps optimize memory usage and computational speed, depending on the chosen matrix representation.