Comments in C and SAS

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Where does SAS programming syntax come from?  As a SAS user I often take things for granted in SAS. Things are done because this or that is how SAS is?  One thing I always took for granted was comments in SAS.  However,  after learning that SAS was created from C, I started realizing that understanding C was important for improving in SAS.

Comments in SAS come from C as well as SAS's semi-colon ";".  The first picture below is from C.  As a SAS programmer, you should instantly  see how C is very similar to SAS. The second picture is from SAS. It shows how comments are made in SAS.

Understanding where SAS comes from, will help you understand why SAS is the way it is.



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