https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Data-Science/Why-is-the-default-response-to-questions-about-SAS-always-quot/m-p/893728#M10597 <P>I understand the value and utility of R and very much favor it over SAS since it doesn't require me to google every single bit of syntax to write a code, but I don't understand why the default response to any questions about SAS in this sub and datascience is to "just learn R". SAS is hardly a dead language given its sheer popularity in government, pharmaceuticals, and banking, and I just can't seem to understand why any question that involves SAS ends up resulting in the same answer, even if the question didn't mention R anywhere. Is there some kind of joke I missed or something?</P> Tue, 12 Sep 2023 10:07:54 GMT khaotangs 2023-09-12T10:07:54Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Data-Science/Why-is-the-default-response-to-questions-about-SAS-always-quot/m-p/893728#M10597 <P>I understand the value and utility of R and very much favor it over SAS since it doesn't require me to google every single bit of syntax to write a code, but I don't understand why the default response to any questions about SAS in this sub and datascience is to "just learn R". SAS is hardly a dead language given its sheer popularity in government, pharmaceuticals, and banking, and I just can't seem to understand why any question that involves SAS ends up resulting in the same answer, even if the question didn't mention R anywhere. Is there some kind of joke I missed or something?</P> Tue, 12 Sep 2023 10:07:54 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Data-Science/Why-is-the-default-response-to-questions-about-SAS-always-quot/m-p/893728#M10597 khaotangs 2023-09-12T10:07:54Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Data-Science/Why-is-the-default-response-to-questions-about-SAS-always-quot/m-p/893729#M10598 <P>SPAM</P> <P>replicate of thread on Reddit: <A href="https://www.reddit.com/r/statistics/comments/sr8rom/q_why_is_the_default_response_to_questions_about/" target="_blank">https://www.reddit.com/r/statistics/comments/sr8rom/q_why_is_the_default_response_to_questions_about/</A></P> Tue, 12 Sep 2023 10:12:29 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Data-Science/Why-is-the-default-response-to-questions-about-SAS-always-quot/m-p/893729#M10598 PaigeMiller 2023-09-12T10:12:29Z