World Programming System
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 WPS Workbench running on Microsoft Windows | |
| Developer(s) | World Programming |
|---|---|
| Stable release | 1.5
/ October, 2005 |
| Preview release | 2.0 beta4
/ February, 2007 |
| Operating system | Windows, z/OS |
| Type | Numerical Analysis |
| License | Proprietary |
| Website | www.teamwpc.co.uk |
The World Programming System, also known as WPS (pronounced wĭps), is a software product developed by a company called World Programming. WPS allows users to create, edit and run programs written in the SAS programming language.
WPS can use programs developed with the SAS System without the need for translating them into any other language. It also follows that programs developed with WPS can be used with the SAS System. In this regard WPS is compatible with SAS.
The core of WPS is written in C++. It is this core that provides the support to process SAS
language elements and provides portability between different operating systems. WPS can be installed and used on mainframe computers running z/OS and personal computers running Microsoft Windows.
When installed on a Windows system, WPS has a graphical user interface (known as the WPS Workbench) for managing, editing and running programs in the SAS language. The user interface is based on Eclipse (software).
Summary of Main Features
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- Runs on Mainframe and PC.
- An integrated development environment based on Eclipse (software).
- Support for SAS language elements.
- Support for the SAS Macro language.
- Reads SAS datasets (compressed or uncompressed).
- No restriction on the number of data records that can be processed.
- Access IBM DB2, Teradata, VSAM, SQL Server or any ODBC complient data source.
- Direct output of reports to CSV and HTML.