> From: Peter Flom > > Over on R-help, there is a big discussion on how great R is > for data manipulation. > > Most of it is just "R does it all, nothing else is needed" > some of it, though, is > "Why would anyone use SAS?" > > I don't know enough about data manipulation in either program > to say why SAS is better.

* not an S-Plus nor R user * attended some S-Plus classes and two nat'l conferences * have 17 years as a data manager * SAS users want to address columns in rows, saving history is important * opinion: S-Plus and R users are probably content to address and recode a set of values

Since most of the users I programmed for were not statisticians and I believe the majority of R users are probably statisticians or similarly hip to the issues I'd like to hear some more opinion as to how important saving history of data changes is to R users.

$0.02 <ka-ching>

Ron Fehd a previous S-Plus student CDC Atlanta GA USA RJF2 at cdc dot gov