Christopher F Baum <[email protected]> writes:
> IMHO Stata does NOT make use of NaNs, which have the properties
> that missing values should have
Nicely put.
> (i.e. any op involving a NaN
> evaluates to a NaN).
[...]
> Stata does not--it allows missing values to be treated as
> a very large positive number--and that has been the topic of
> discussion at 'wishes and grumbles' sessions at SUG meetings.
Grumble, grumble... missing values are the only thing I find clumsy
about Stata.
Brendan
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