I use SAS on a regular basis to do analytical work and always found the language extremely awkward to use (For example, structuring data steps, all kinds of weird options, rules for different operations, procs, and handling formats, informats). The whole logic of doing analysis in the SAS language seems counterintuitive and inefficient to me. Before doing work with it, I was more used to general-purpose languages like Python, Java, etc. Now I understand there is a learning curve when it comes to SAS and admittedly I have not had too much experience with it (<1 yr) but sometimes I find myself tearing my hair out. So wanted to hear some well thought-out perspectives from some of you experts. Feel free to berate a young, unknowing analyst, offer any ideas at all, explains the pros and cons of sas, just whatever. Give me a lesson! Thanks in advance! ... View more