Date:         Wed, 26 Apr 2000 10:27:20 -0700
Reply-To:     Cassell.David@EPAMAIL.EPA.GOV
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         "David L. Cassell" <Cassell.David@EPAMAIL.EPA.GOV>
Subject:      Re: Query - looking at doing a simple "open-source" SAS
              interpreter
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You wrote [in part]:
> Hi all.  I've been thinking about starting work on a simple open-source
> SAS interpreter (just Base SAS , and probably only  the data step and
> Procs Summary and Tabulate to start with).  This idea must have occurred
> to someone in the past, but I can find no trace of any discussions along
> these lines , and no sign of such a thing being attempted .....

You may not have searched the SAS-L archives thoroughly enough.  Tim
Churches and Karsten Self have been working on something similar.
Full details of the project proposal can be found in the Gestalt System
Manifesto which is available at http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net

Enjoy,
David
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David Cassell, OAO                     cassell@mail.cor.epa.gov
Senior computing specialist
mathematical statistician