Cov.mcd running low on R

[José Lozano Alonso <lozalojo@jcyl.es>]

Hello:

I am running MCD robust method on R and Splus 2000, I have two
questions:

1. Why is it slower the cov.mcd R version than the S-Plus version? (it
takes quite a long time more the R version)
2. The R version shows only the "cov", but the S-Plus version shows both
the "cov" and "raw.cov" covariates. How can I take the "raw.cov" in R?

Thanks in advance

Jose Lozano
Observatorio de Salud
Junta de Castilla y Leon