Could you run it in batch overnight?  Or is this something that would take a
week to run?  I can't imagine STATA would be much if any faster than SAS
except for the server's speed, so perhaps something like this could be
attempted?  How much data are you processing [events/rows/etc.]?  What sort
of desktop time are you currently using to run it?

In any event, you might try posting your code and what it's supposed to do;
on the list we often find that it's possible to significantly speed up code
by making a few fairly common modifications.  500 lines isn't much, so I'm
sure some of us would be happy to look at it.

Thanks,

-Joe

On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 3:09 PM, Kris <okie_dude2003@yahoo.com> wrote:

> I have a pretty good understanding of Base SAS and SAS macros, but I have
> never used Stata.  The only reason why I am compelled to use Stata (which
> is located on a server) is that for the SAS program that I have written and
> the data that needs to be processed, my PC would not work or in other words
> the processing speed will not be good enough.  It seems that there is no
> easy way to convert a SAS program to Stata.  Thanks!!
>