Acknowledgments
I had two concerns when I started writing this book: Was there enough material to develop a full book and was the topic of hash objects too technical to interest many SAS programmers? As I dug into the project and with the help of many people, my concerns disappeared. For a SAS feature that has just a few methods and associated statements, a wealth of applications exists, from simple to complex.
I want to acknowledge the contributions of the following people who helped me write this book. To Jason Secosky and Janice Bloom, thank you for the conversations about hash objects and their applications that started me thinking about a proposal for a hash objects book. Thanks to the several reviewers at SAS who took the time to carefully ...
