Date:         Thu, 29 May 2003 15:41:47 -0500
Reply-To:     Rodney Sparapani <rsparapa@MCW.EDU>
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From:         Rodney Sparapani <rsparapa@MCW.EDU>
Organization: Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Subject:      Re: Running SAS in a production environment
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Mek Simon wrote:

>I have written a number of procedures for my client, who only has 1 SAS license.
>My  client wants these procedures to run in a production environment.
>The SAS Institute says buy another license at 3 grand.
>My client says "I want other options".
>Is there anything out there  that could covert my SAS code to an runnable file. Visual Basic, C++ and VB.NET conversion would also be good.
>
>
There are some free possibilities.  If it's DATASTEP code, then you can
probably convert it to REXX or PL/I without much trouble.  If it's IML
code,
you could use R.  But, if you need alot of PROCs, you're probably screwed.

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Rodney Sparapani              Medical College of Wisconsin
Sr. Biostatistician           Patient Care & Outcomes Research
rsparapa@mcw.edu              http://www.mcw.edu/pcor
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