Re: st: Expansion Modules

[David Airey <david.airey@vanderbilt.edu>]

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Interesting.

Thank you.

I hope we keep any as yet unmade, hypothetical expansion modules that  
would be listed here when they exist, part of Stata 11, inclusive.

-Dave

On Feb 11, 2008, at 7:58 PM, Alan Riley wrote:


> Sergiy Radyakin (serjradyakin@gmail.com) asked about "Expansion  
> Modules"
> in Stata:
>
> > I wonder what the "Expansion Modules" in Stata are? And what is the
> > difference between "expansion modules" and "plug-ins"?
> > Any information is wanted.
> Some discussion ensued with others on the list wondering what he was
> talking about.
>
> First, to avoid any confusion for someone new to Stata: Stata does
> not have separate modules which must be purchased to perform certain
> analyses.  When you buy Stata, you get it all.
>
> There are many user-written programs (ado-files, plugins, and Mata
> code) available for Stata, and all of these may easily be installed  
> for
> free over the internet.  Thus, Stata is expandable and easily  
> expanded.
>
> Now, back to Sergiy's question.  I suspect that Sergiy has been
> looking at one of the early chapters in a Stata "Getting Started"
> manual, where a screen shot shows what Stata looks like when it
> first comes up.  In the place where Stata would normally display
> its 'Notes' on the startup screen, the screen shot in the Getting
> Started manual has italicized text which reads "Other information
> appears, such as expansion modules, notes, ...".
>
> Sergiy should not read too much into this screen shot.  The italicized
> text is merely letting the reader of the Getting Started manual know
> that if Stata had anything important to say upon startup, this is  
> where
> it would be displayed.  There currently is no such thing as a formal  
> Stata
> "expansion module", but if there ever is, information about it may be
> displayed on the startup screen along with the Notes that are  
> displayed
> when Stata starts.
>
>
> --Alan
> (ariley@stata.com)
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