Re: st: list in stata8

["Steven A. Melnyk" <melnyk@msu.edu>]

I second this comment.  I have used STATA for a long time and have always 
liked the speed.  The new STATA amazes me because it is so 
slo-o-o-w.  Nowhere is this more evident than in the list command.  It is 
also evident in the pwcorr.  I was doing a series of pwcorr analyses and 
usually STATA would rip through them -- so fast that you could not 
follow.  Not this one -- it was so slow that I could see each result.  So 
far, with the significant decrease in speed, I must admit that I am not 
impressed with V8.0.  It seems to be a step back, not a step forward.

Steven A. Melnyk
Michigan State University

At 03:30 PM 2/24/2003 +0100, you wrote:

> I don't know whether I am the only one, but I am irritated by the new list
> command.
>
> I often type "l" to inspect my data. This is now annoyingly slow.
>
> Moreover, I think that the default behavior should be the old ", clean" one:
> Who wants lines every 5 observations? I definitely don't! (the same for
> summarize btw).
>
> Who asked for these lines? They are not a logical separation of the data. It
> reminds me a bit of microsoft trying to come up with things people need, like
> the paperclip.
>
> Anyway, this is a cryout to the stata people:
>
> Give me my old "list" back: fast and clean!
>
> Thank you,
>
> Edwin.
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