Thank you Alan,
I just thought that there might be another possibility to build
applications in and around Stata. So if those expansion modules can
theoretically-hypothetically be implemented one day, is that in the
hands of the user? or Stata Corp?
Sincerely, Sergiy
On 2/11/08, Alan Riley <ariley@stata.com> 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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