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{title:Introduction}


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    Matrix language

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	-- you can use it interactively

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	-- you can use it for programming


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    Compiled, optimized language.

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	-- fast

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	-- suitable for nonmatrix problems, including 
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		-- data management
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		-- utilities (such as on-line search)
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		-- anything you can program in C

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	-- Mata and ado are now the Main development languages for Stata
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		-- Mata is and will be used by StataCorp
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