Another fine book would be the "SAS Companion for the MVS Environment" SAS Publication 55108.

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Tim Latendress <timothy.latendress@occ.treas.gov> Tuesday February 29, 2000 02:47 PM

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Joe Willey <jwilley@BINGHAMTON.EDU> wrote:

>"Other than that, you may just want to plug into Michael Raithel's brain and >download his knowledge."

You could also buy Michael's fine book "Tuning SAS Applications in the MVS Environment", SAS Publication #55231. There, you will find plenty of pages dedicated solely to MVS.

Besides, the thought of actually plugging "into Michael Raithel's brain" should scare the heck out of most mortals. Only a small fraction of the population could survive a rafting trip on the raging torrent of his thoughts on SAS, Monty Python, Led Zeppelin, MVS Performance, Pink Floyd, William Shakespeare and Penn & Teller. Sure, it sounds like fun on paper. But Jim Goodnight talking Enterprise Miner with Robert Plant? Or, Eric Idle and DASD performance? The thought makes me shudder. (On the other hand, get Jimmy Page and David Gilmore together...well, I think we can begin to understand why he's always so darn happy.)

Better to just buy the book.

HTH, Tim Latendress timothy.latendress@occ.treas.gov