Many SAS customers are quickly adopting 64-bit versions of Microsoft Windows, and they are pleased-as-punch when they find a 64-bit version of SAS to run on it. They waste no time in deploying the new version, only to find that a few things don’t work quite the same as they […]
NOTE: Libnames, Who Needs ‘Em?
My team received what turned out to be an interesting call for help from one of our clients today. We resolved the client’s coding error but it also served as a reminder of a little used feature of BASE SAS, namely the ability to specify director…
Example 9.29: the perils of for loops
A recent exchange on the R-sig-teaching list featured a discussion of how best to teach new students R. The initial post included an exercise to write a function, that given a n, will draw n rows of a triangle made up of “*”, noting that for a beginne…
Two opportunities for students at Analytics 2012
I’m excited to let you know about two opportunities for students at the Analytics 2012 Conference, Oct. 8-9 in Las Vegas. The first is the Student Poster Contest. If you have some research to share with the analytics community, consider submitting an…
Mobile is available for all SAS programmers
During the SAS Global Forum this past week, SAS offered several demos on mobile technology including: Michael Hecht, SAS, JMP iPad App Super Demo Chris Hemedinger hosted a Live Tech Talk on Tuesday that covered the new SAS Visual Analytics Explore…
Requirements. Whose Responsibility? #sasgf12
I was pleased to see some papers on the subject of software development processes at SAS Global Forum this year. The IT industry hasn’t yet reached a point where a consensus on the perfect software development process has been reached (will it ever?)…