dbr@foxvax5.UUCP (D.B. Robinson ) (09/05/86)
I am posting the article below for an associate, please respond to me and I will forward the information to him: ------------------------------------------------- I am interested in getting information on AT&T's statistical package called "S". In particular, I'd be interested in finding out a) from the user's perspective, does S provide sufficient functionality with an easy to use interface? b) from a software maintenance perspective, what are the difficulties in porting S? I'm considering using it in the VENIX System V environment, which constrains data space to 64K. Is that limitation crippling for S? The hardware is an Intel 286 cpu with floating point support? c) S appears to provide an extensive library of statistical routines. Is it feasible to make this library available for program development outside of the interactive environment? d) Have any of you run into contractual pitfalls in putting S on your own machine, particularly for OEM-type distribution? ------ on behalf of W. B. Robinson (Douglas Robinson) The Foxboro Company MS 04-3A cybvax0!foxvax5!dbr 38 Neponset Avenue Foxboro, MA 02035 617/543-8750