Date:         Fri, 15 Nov 1996 17:23:29 GMT
Reply-To:     Jay Weedon <j_weedon@ESCAPE.COM>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU>
From:         Jay Weedon <j_weedon@ESCAPE.COM>
Organization: Zippo
Subject:      Re: SAS and FORTRAN

On 14 Nov 1996 16:02:06 GMT, chwu@unlgrad1.unl.edu (McGyver) wrote:
 
>Recently I need to do some simulation either using FORTRAN or SAS to
>generate data.  My question is what's the advantage and disadvantage for
>SAS and FORTRAN in generating data and which one does better job.
 
If you need to analyze the data, you're much more likely to get
something working quickly with SAS - using either IML or a canned
procedure. If you're ONLY generating data, you may still be at a
slight advantage with SAS, since there are built-in routines to
generate random variates from a number of well known distributions.
 
Jay Weedon.
 
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