Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2004 12:22:02 -0800
Reply-To: "Pardee, Roy" <pardee.r@GHC.ORG>
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From: "Pardee, Roy" <pardee.r@GHC.ORG>
Subject: Re: Question: How does one move from SAS to Java?
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Wow, the bane of your career development--that's strong stuff. I think
of sas as what keeps my job in the US--it's entrenched enough (in some
industries anyway) and pretty much needs to be close to the great gobs
of data that it manipulates.
Java programmers can be rented cheap most anyplace... Or so it seems
from what I read on slashdot anyway. 8^)
Cheers,
-Roy
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From: SAS(r) Discussion [mailto:SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of
Christopher Amherst
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Subject: Re: Question: How does one move from SAS to Java?
Quoting "David L. Cassell" <cassell.david@EPAMAIL.EPA.GOV>:
> Sure. Program in SAS. You can then write Java code and integrate it
> into your SAS code. (Take a look at Richard Devenezia's website to
> see some examples.) Now you can count your time as: [1] SAS
> programmer [2] Java developer
> [3] AND systems integrator.
It's likely the only option I have, other than jumping ship entirely.
Just wish there was a better sense of projects that integration is
better suited for.
Since I had several projects that I have done in SAS where I thought
using a Java object would make more convenient, but then realized I was
really better off doing the whole project in Java with no need for SAS.
It's frustrating to realize that Java and SAS seem to be diammetrical
languages that what SAS does well can't be easily duplicated in Java.
What Java does well can't be easily duplicated in SAS.
> > (Repeat - books burned after switch)
>
> Get real. At least try to sell them on e-bay first. :-)
Nope. Into the fire pit they will go. That is how much I view SAS as
the bane of my career development. I'd only sell them if it brought me
enough to pay for the SCJP certification. *laughs*
