I think the L refers to 'list' only, i.e. 'SAS list' or more specifically: SAS discussion or distribution list. Of course it runs on a server. There are many more lists with their names ending in '-L'.

Regards - Jim. -- Y. (Jim) Groeneveld, MSc IMRO TRAMARKO tel. +31 412 407 070 senior statist./data man. P.O. Box 1 fax. +31 412 407 080 J.Groeneveld@ITGroups.com 5350 AA BERGHEM, NL www.imrotramarko.com

My computer does what I tell it to do; I do tell myself to believe that.

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> -----Original Message----- > From: greg warnick [SMTP:gwarnick@SNAP.FHCRC.ORG] > Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2002 10:14 PM > To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU > Subject: Re: SAS-L > > i think it stand for SAS Listserv which means that you are able to use > commands to control the messages. It seems most people use it through > the newsgroup feature. > Anyone else? > > DWilliams wrote: > > > Hi to all, > > > > What does SAS-L mean? > > > > Thank you. > > > > DWilliams