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{{Infobox Company company

| company_namename = [[World Programming]]

| company_logo = [[Image:World_Programming.png]]

*| logo = [[World Programming System|WPS]].png

| company_typetype = Private Limited Company

| foundation = 2000

| ___location = [[United Kingdom|UK]]

| industry = [[Software]]

| products = [[World Programming System|WPS]], [[Open Reporting Application|ORA]]

| homepage = http[https://www.teamwpcworldprogramming.cocom www.worldprogramming.ukcom]

}}

'''World Programming''' is a private limited company headquartered in the [[United Kingdom|UK]]. The company is also known as '''World Programming Company''' ('''WPC''').

They tend to develop and distribute software products concerned with [[numerical analysis]], [[business intelligence]] and data distribution. The companies main software products are the [[World Programming System]] (WPS) and [[Open Reporting Application]] (ORA).

The company's main software products is the [[World Programming System]] (WPS or WPS Analytics).<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.worldprogramming.com/about_us/company |title=www.worldprogramming.com/about_us/company |accessdate=2 June 2016 |author=World Programming Ltd |date=2 June 2016}}</ref> The software was the subject of [[SAS Institute lawsuit with World Programming|a lawsuit by SAS Institute]]. The [[European Court of Justice|EU Court of Justice]] ruled in favor of World Programming, stating that the copyright protection does not extend to the software functionality, the programming language used, and the format of the data files used by the program. It stated that there is no copyright infringement, when a company which does not have access to the source code of a program studies, observes and tests that program to create another program with the same functionality.<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-05-02/copyright-can-t-block-software-reverse-engineering-court.html | title = Copyright Can't Block Software Reverse Engineering: Court | author = Aoife White | publisher = Bloomberg | date = 2012-05-02 | accessdate = 2012-05-02 }}</ref>

'''World Programming''' is a private limited company headquartered in the [[United Kingdom|UK]]. The company is also known as '''World Programming Company''' ('''WPC''').

In December 2021, [[Altair Engineering]] announced that it would acquire World Programming on 15 December 2021.<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.altair.com/newsroom/news-releases/altair-acquires-world-programming-to-advance-organizations-digital-transformation/ | title = Altair Acquires World Programming to Advance Organizations’ Digital Transformation | author = Altair Newsroom| publisher = Altair Engineering | date = 2021-12-15 | accessdate = 2021-12-15 }}</ref>

== References ==

They develop and distribute software products concerned with [[numerical analysis]], [[business intelligence]] and data distribution. The companies main software products are the [[World Programming System]] (WPS) and [[Open Reporting Application]] (ORA).

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[[Category:Software companies of the United Kingdom]]

Besides its UK based partners, World Programming also has a world wide business partnership with [[IBM]].

==See Also==

* [[World Programming System|WPS]]

* [[Open Reporting Application|ORA]]

== External Links ==

*[http://www.teamwpc.co.uk/index.html World Programming web site]

[[Category:Software companies]]

[[Category:Companies based in UK]]