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The '''World Programming System''', also known as '''WPS''', is a software product developed by a company called [[World Programming]]. WPS allows users to create, edit and run [[computer programs|programs]] written in the [[SAS language|language of SAS]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.worldprogramming.com/products/wps |title=www.worldprogramming.com/products/wps |accessdate=033 February 2012 |author=World Programming Ltd |date=022 February 2012}}</ref>

The program 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 = http://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>

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==About==

WPS can use programs written in the [[SAS language|language of SAS]] without the need for translating them into any other language. In this regard WPS is compatible with the SAS system. WPS is a language interpreter able to process the language of SAS and produce similar results. <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.worldprogramming.com/products/wps/apps/language |title=www.worldprogramming.com/products/wps/apps/language |accessdate=033 February 2012 |author=World Programming Ltd |date=022 February 2012}}</ref>

WPS is available to run on [[z/OS|Mainframe z/OS]], [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]], [[Mac OS X]], [[Linux]], [[Solaris (operating system)|Solaris]], [[IBM AIX|AIX]] and [[Linux on zSeries|Linux on Mainframe System z]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.worldprogramming.com/products/wps/platforms |title=www.worldprogramming.com/products/wps/platforms |accessdate=033 February 2012 |author=World Programming Ltd |date=022 February 2012}}</ref>

On all supported platforms, programs written in the language of SAS can be executed from a WPS command line interface, often referred to as running in batch mode.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.worldprogramming.com/products/wps/modules/cli|title=www.worldprogramming.com/products/wps/modules/cli |accessdate=033 February 2012 |author=World Programming Ltd |date=022 February 2012}}</ref>

WPS on all other supported platforms (with the exception of the Mainframe z/OS platform) can also be used from a [[graphical user interface]] known as the '''WPS Workbench''' for managing, editing and running programs written in the [[SAS language|language of SAS]]. The WPS Workbench user interface is based on [[Eclipse (software)]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.worldprogramming.com/products/wps/modules/workbench|title=www.worldprogramming.com/products/wps/modules/workbench |accessdate=033 February 2012 |author=World Programming Ltd |date=022 February 2012}}</ref>

WPS version 3 (released in February 2012) provides a new client/server architecture that allows the WPS Workbench GUI to execute SAS programs on remote server installations of WPS in a network or cloud. The resulting output, data sets, logs, etc., can then all be viewed and manipulated from inside the Workbench as if the workloads had been executed locally. SAS programs do not require any special language statements to use this feature.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.worldprogramming.com/products/wps/modules/link |title=www.worldprogramming.com/products/wps/modules/link |accessdate=033 February 2012 |author=World Programming Ltd |date=022 February 2012}}</ref>

In 2010 World Programming defended its use of the language of SAS in the High Court of England and Wales.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Ch/2010/1829.html |title=SAS Institute Inc v World Programming Ltd |accessdate=03 February 2012 |author=[2010]EWHC 1829 (Ch) |date=23 July 2010}}</ref>

In 2010 World Programming defended its use of the language of SAS in the High Court of England and Wales.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Ch/2010/1829.html |title=SAS Institute Inc v World Programming Ltd |accessdate=033 February 2012 |author=[2010]EWHC 1829 (Ch) |date=23 July 2010}}</ref>

==Summary of Main Features==

{{Expand list|date=August 2010}}

* Runs on [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]], [[Mac OS X]], [[z/OS|z/OS on Mainframe System z]], [[Linux on zSeries|Linux on Mainframe System z]], [[Linux]], [[IBM AIX|AIX]], [[Solaris (operating system)|Solaris]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.worldprogramming.com/products/wps/platforms|title=www.worldprogramming.com/products/wps/platforms |accessdate=033 February 2012 |author=World Programming Ltd |date=022 February 2012}}</ref>

* An [[integrated development environment]] based on [[Eclipse (software)]] for all supported platforms platforms except Mainframe z/OS.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.worldprogramming.com/products/wps/modules/workbench|title=www.worldprogramming.com/products/wps/modules/workbench |accessdate=033 February 2012 |author=World Programming Ltd |date=022 February 2012}}</ref>

* Support for language of SAS elements.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.worldprogramming.com/products/wps/apps/language|title=www.worldprogramming.com/products/wps/apps/language |accessdate=033 February 2012 |author=World Programming Ltd |date=022 February 2012}}</ref>

* Support for the language of SAS Macros.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.worldprogramming.com/products/wps/modules/core|title=www.worldprogramming.com/products/wps/modules/core |accessdate=033 February 2012 |author=World Programming Ltd |date=022 February 2012}}</ref>

* Multi-threading support.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.worldprogramming.com/products/wps |title=www.worldprogramming.com/products/wps |accessdate=033 February 2012 |author=World Programming Ltd |date=022 February 2012}}</ref>

* Support for generating bar charts, pie charts and graphical plots.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.worldprogramming.com/products/wps/modules/graphing |title=www.worldprogramming.com/products/wps/modules/graphing |accessdate=033 February 2012 |author=World Programming Ltd |date=022 February 2012}}</ref>

* Support for statistical procedures ANOVA, CLUSTER, CORR, DISTANCE, FACTOR, FASTCLUS, FREQ, GLM, GLMMOD, LOGISTIC, MEANS, PRINCOMP, REG, SCORE, STANDARD, STDIZE, SUMMARY, SURVEYSELECT, TREE, TTEST, UNIVARIATE <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.worldprogramming.com/products/wps/modules/statistics |title=www.worldprogramming.com/products/wps/modules/statistics |accessdate=033 February 2012 |author=World Programming Ltd |date=022 February 2012}}</ref>

* Support for ODS.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.worldprogramming.com/products/wps/modules/core|title=www.worldprogramming.com/products/wps/modules/core |accessdate=033 February 2012 |author=World Programming Ltd |date=022 February 2012}}</ref>

* Reads and writes SAS datasets ([[data compression|compressed]] or uncompressed).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.worldprogramming.com/products/wps/modules/core|title=www.worldprogramming.com/products/wps/modules/core |accessdate=033 February 2012 |author=World Programming Ltd |date=022 February 2012}}</ref>

* No restriction on the number of [[data (computing)|data]] records that can be processed.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.worldprogramming.com/products/wps/apps/data |title=www.worldprogramming.com/products/wps/apps/data |accessdate=033 February 2012 |author=World Programming Ltd |date=022 February 2012}}</ref>

* Access [[Direct access storage device|DASD]], [[IBM DB2|DB2]], [[Greenplum]], [[IBM Informix|Informix]], [http://www.kognitio.com/analyticalplatform Kognitio], [[MySQL]], [[Open Database Connectivity|ODBC]], [[OLE DB|OLEDB]], [[Oracle Database|Oracle]], [[PostgreSQL]], [[SAND CDBMS|SAND]], [[SPSS]]/[[PSPP]], [[Microsoft SQL Server|SQL Server]], [[Sybase]], [[Netezza]], [[Teradata]], [[Virtual storage access method|VSAM]], [[Vertica]] and [[XML]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.worldprogramming.com/products/wps/apps/data |title=www.worldprogramming.com/products/wps/apps/data |accessdate=033 February 2012 |author=World Programming Ltd |date=022 February 2012}}</ref>

* Support for SAS Tape Format.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.worldprogramming.com/products/wps/modules/core|title=www.worldprogramming.com/products/wps/modules/core |accessdate=033 February 2012 |author=World Programming Ltd |date=022 February 2012}}</ref>

* Direct output of reports to [[Comma-separated values|CSV]] and [[HTML]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.worldprogramming.com/products/wps/modules/core |title=www.worldprogramming.com/products/wps/modules/core |accessdate=033 February 2012 |author=World Programming Ltd |date=022 February 2012}}</ref>

==See also==