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RE: st: Uninstalling older versions of stata?
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"Ariel Linden, DrPH" <[email protected]>
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RE: st: Uninstalling older versions of stata?
Date
Tue, 7 Dec 2010 09:38:28 -0800
Thank you to all the responders on my query about saving older versions of
Stata. You all gave compelling reasons for keeping them!
Ariel
Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2010 11:29:07 +0000
From: Nick Cox <[email protected]>
Subject: RE: st: Uninstalling older versions of stata?
I agree with Michael on the main point. Motives may vary -- I leave old
Statas in place to check on program behaviour in older versions -- but old
Statas don't do any harm.
In addition, setting -version #- is _not_ equivalent to using Stata #. There
is a surprising myth in circulation to the effect that -version- can act as
a time machine. It is surprising because the help for -version- explains
what -version- does, and it is distinctly limited.
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