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- From: rick@sjsumcs.sjsu.edu (Richard M. Warner)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.perl
- Subject: Re: SAS compared to Perl
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- Date: 14 Sep 92 22:07:05 GMT
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- In article <1992Sep13.211257.26114@ccu1.aukuni.ac.nz> russell@ccu1.aukuni.ac.nz (Russell Fulton) writes:
- >From: russell@ccu1.aukuni.ac.nz (Russell Fulton)
- >Subject: Re: SAS compared to Perl
- >Date: 13 Sep 92 21:12:57 GMT
- >jfh@netcom.com (Jack Hamilton) writes:
- >
- >>In article <hhg1-110992064042@132.197.14.85> hhg1@gte.com (Hal German) writes:
- >>>
- >>>This is the text version of a paper presented at the Boston Area SAS User's
- >>>Group recently. It will also be in the proceedings of the Northeast SAS
- >>>Users Group. Enjoy !
- >
- >>I now do some things using perl on the PC that I would previously have
- >>done in SAS. Both are useful. Perl is faster and has better string
- >>manipulation capabilities; on the other hand, SAS has a lot of statistical,
- >>graphical, and data entry tools that perl doesn't. Different tools for
- >>different jobs.
- >
- >>SAS's major usage base is still on IBM mainframes, I believe. Has anyone
- >
- > Not any more I think, SAS runs on all sorts of systems from PCs to
- >mainframes.
-
- True, but it is still *primarily* a mainframe/mini package. But, I do not
- think that the IBM mainframe world is its major field anymore - I think
- that is about split between IBM and DEC. Yes, it runs on PC's, but
- there is a problem here. The DOS version is a bit wimpy, too overlayed,
- and an orphan (no upgrades past 6.04 while everything else is moving to
- 6.08). The Windows version has problems. SAS seems to likethe OS/2
- platform, in preference to Windows, but the OS wars may change their minds.
- If you doubt that the big machines are still their primary domain, look
- back a year and a half ago when SAS Institute put the Windows version on
- hold so they could concentrate on bug fixes for the MVS, VM/CMS, and
- VMS platforms.
-
- >
- >--
- >Russell Fulton, Computer Center, University of Auckland, New Zealand.
- ><rj_fulton@aukuni.ac.nz>
-