Date: Sat, 2 Oct 2010 14:42:23 -0700
Reply-To: Sterling Paramore <gnilrets@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Sterling Paramore <gnilrets@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Smallest SAS program working indefinitely?
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Whenever I put unmatched quotation marks in an EG program, it runs
indefinitely. So here's my proposal:
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-Sterling
On Sat, Oct 2, 2010 at 1:16 PM, ajay ohri <ajayohri@yahoo.com> wrote:
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>
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>
> "If you have the guts, you will have the glory"
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> --- On Sun, 10/3/10, Arthur Tabachneck <art297@NETSCAPE.NET> wrote:
>
> > From: Arthur Tabachneck <art297@NETSCAPE.NET>
> > Subject: Re: Smallest SAS program working indefinitely?
> > To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> > Date: Sunday, October 3, 2010, 12:23 AM
> > Jack,
> >
> > I don't think you can "store" and old style macro, but you
> > can effectively
> > accomplish the same functionality. According to the
> > documentation:
> >
> > You can simulate a macro library facility by using the
> > %INCLUDE
> > statement or by putting your macros in a sequential data
> > set that is
> > concatenated to the front of the SYSIN file. (Note: VSE
> > data sets
> > cannot be concatenated. Under VSE, the macros must be
> > included at the
> > front of the input stream.)
> >
> > If anyone is interested in the documentation, take a look
> > at:
> >
> > http://128.192.1.76/pub/sas/docs/technote/ts289.txt
> >
> > Is it 3:30 yet?
> >
> > Art
> > ---------
> > On Sat, 2 Oct 2010 09:05:13 -0700, Jack Hamilton <jfh@STANFORDALUMNI.ORG
> >
> > wrote:
> >
> > >It's Art's contest, not mine, but I would count every
> > character you have
> > to type anywhere as part of the total. That
> > eliminates the old-style
> > macro solution, because it's longer than just typing in the
> > program.
> > >
> > >I think I'd also say that the solution has to be
> > platform-independent,
> > not relying on some trick of the operating system.
> > And that eliminates
> > the "x sas a" solution. How SAS is invoked is part of
> > the OS, not part of
> > SAS (where I work, for example, you don't start SAS by
> > typing in "sas").
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >--
> > >Jack Hamilton
> > >jfh@alumni.stanford.org
> > >Caelum non animum mutant qui trans mare currunt.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >On Oct 2, 2010, at 8:48 , Joe Matise wrote:
> > >
> > >> Did you disallow putting things in the autoexec?
> > :)
> > >>
> > >> x 'sas'
> > >>
> > >> would be seven characters, and if put in the
> > autoexec, would cause an
> > infinite loop (if paths are appropriate to ensure windows
> > finds SAS)...
> > not sure if it should truly count though because Windows
> > would run out of
> > memory at some nontrivial point.
> > >>
> > >> (Could run x sas, in fact, couldn't you?
> > Don't recall the rules for
> > quotes around x commands. Then maybe you could get
> > around the autoexec
> > requirement by
> > >>
> > >> x sas a
> > >>
> > >> where a = this sas program.)
> > >>
> > >> -Joe
> > >>
> > >> On Sat, Oct 2, 2010 at 10:42 AM, Jack Hamilton
> > <jfh@stanfordalumni.org>
> > wrote:
> > >> I don't think macros should be allowed in this
> > challenge. Or if they
> > are, the macro text should count as part of the program.
> > >>
> > >> Will old-style macros be found in an sasautos
> > location?
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> --
> > >> Jack Hamilton
> > >> jfh@alumni.stanford.org
> > >> Caelum non animum mutant qui trans mare currunt.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> On Oct 2, 2010, at 7:35 , Arthur Tabachneck
> > wrote:
> > >>
> > >> > Jim,
> > >> >
> > >> > I've been continuously thinking about this
> > problem for the past six
> > years,
> > >> > ever since you challenged SAS-L to create the
> > shortest SAS program
> > that
> > >> > would run indefinitely (or at least until the
> > computer died or someone
> > >> > halted the process).
> > >> >
> > >> > I realize that you never took my original
> > entry seriously, and later
> > >> > included a number of constraints and
> > restrictions that weren't part
> > of the
> > >> > original challenge, but the review board
> > agreed that those extra
> > >> > conditions constituted an unfair practice and
> > would be discounted.
> > >> >
> > >> > Thus, based on the old style macro thread I
> > read yesterday, I simply
> > have
> > >> > to submit another entry. A one
> > character program:
> > >> >
> > >> > z
> > >> >
> > >> > where z is an old style macro, stored
> > wherever one likes to keep their
> > >> > macros, containing the following:
> > >> >
> > >> > macro z
> > >> > data _null_;
> > >> > a: i+1;
> > >> > goto a;
> > >> > run;
> > >> > %
> > >> >
> > >> > Is it Friday yet?
> > >> >
> > >> > Art
> > >> > ---------
> > >> > On Wed, 1 Dec 2004 20:35:21 -0500, Arthur
> > Tabachneck
> > <art297@NETSCAPE.NET>
> > >> > wrote:
> > >> >
> > >> >> Jim,
> > >> >>
> > >> >> I presume that your post, since it was in
> > November-week 5, never got
> > any
> > >> >> takers.
> > >> >>
> > >> >> However, since it still isn't Friday,
> > I'll propose my entry:
> > >> >>
> > >> >> x b;
> > >> >>
> > >> >> where 'b' is a dos batch file (stored in
> > the C:\Program
> > Files\SAS\SAS 9.1
> > >> >> directory) as follows:
> > >> >>
> > >> >> sas a
> > >> >>
> > >> >> and 'a' is a sas program (although most
> > of its contents are
> > irrelevant),
> > >> >> labeled 'a.sas', and stored in the
> > 'C:\Program Files\SAS\SAS 9.1'
> > >> > directory
> > >> >> as follows:
> > >> >>
> > >> >> data _null_;
> > >> >> a: i+1;
> > >> >> goto a;
> > >> >> run;
> > >> >>
> > >> >> In short, 4 key strokes. Of course,
> > as Richard will soon point out,
> > the
> > >> >> same program could be imbedded within any
> > one of the potential SAS
> > >> >> initialization routines (cfg, window's
> > icon properties, etc.), thus
> > not
> > >> >> require any keystrokes.
> > >> >>
> > >> >> Art
> > >> >> -------
> > >> >> On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 04:47:23 -0500, Jim
> > Groeneveld
> > <jim1stat@YAHOO.CO.UK>
> > >> >> wrote:
> > >> >>
> > >> >>> Hi friends,
> > >> >>>
> > >> >>> I have deposited my current
> > 7-character solution on my website in:
> > >> >>> http://home.hccnet.nl/jim.groeneveld/Smallest/Eternal.ZIP
> > >> >>> which you already can download, but
> > not yet view.
> > >> >>> Listing http://home.hccnet.nl/jim.groeneveld/Smallest
> > >> >>> reveals the date and time of the
> > deposit.
> > >> >>> I have doubly encrypted the solution
> > with a (ZIP file) password
> > >> >>> which I will release on Friday on
> > SAS-L.....................;-)
> > >> >>>
> > >> >>> I hope there are no password crackers
> > around on SAS-L.
> > >> >>>
> > >> >>> Regards - Jim.
> > >> >>> --
> > >> >>> Y. (Jim) Groeneveld, MSc.,
> > Biostatistician, Science Team
> > >> >>> Vitatron B.V., Meander 1051, 6825
> > MJ Arnhem
> > >> >>> P.O.Box 5227, 6802 EE Arnhem, the
> > Netherlands
> > >> >>> Tel: +31/0 26 376 7365, Fax: +31/0 26
> > 376 7305
> > >> >>> Jim.Groeneveld_AT_Vitatron.com
> > (replace _AT_ by AT sign)
> > >> >>> http://www.vitatron.com, http://home.hccnet.nl/jim.groeneveld
> > >> >>>
> > >> >>> Postponing distribution on SAS-L
> > prevents more of these futile
> > ideas.
> > >> >>>
> > >> >>> [common disclaimer]
> > >>
> >
>
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