Date:         Wed, 3 Mar 1999 16:35:43 -0600
Reply-To:     Jaclyn Whitehorn <jaclyn@BAMA.UA.EDU>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU>
From:         Jaclyn Whitehorn <jaclyn@BAMA.UA.EDU>
Subject:      Re: SAS 7.0 preliminary comments
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Aw, man --- I was under the impression that the color-coded syntax was
part of SAS 7 as well, and I was very excited.  :(   I do web pages,
too, and HTML editors have spoiled me!  Maybe if we beg hard enough it
will be in version 8?
FWIW, a gentleman who works here programmed for IBM for quite a few
years, and they started using color-coded parsers for their various
programming languages long ago ... and (according to him) productivity
increased dramatically.  Makes it much easier to detect stupid errors
(the missing semicolon!!!)
So it's not just an aesthetic issue  ;)
 
--
Jaclyn Whitehorn