<s>
The	O
SAS	B-Language
language	I-Language
is	O
a	O
computer	O
programming	O
language	O
used	O
for	O
statistical	O
analysis	O
,	O
created	O
by	O
Anthony	O
James	O
Barr	O
at	O
North	O
Carolina	O
State	O
University	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
can	O
read	O
in	O
data	O
from	O
common	O
spreadsheets	O
and	O
databases	O
and	O
output	O
the	O
results	O
of	O
statistical	O
analyses	O
in	O
tables	O
,	O
graphs	O
,	O
and	O
as	O
RTF	O
,	O
HTML	B-Language
and	O
PDF	B-Application
documents	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
SAS	B-Language
language	I-Language
runs	O
under	O
compilers	B-Language
that	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
on	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
and	O
various	O
other	O
UNIX	B-Application
and	O
mainframe	B-Architecture
computers	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
SAS	B-Language
System	I-Language
and	O
World	B-Algorithm
Programming	I-Algorithm
System	I-Algorithm
(	O
WPS	O
)	O
are	O
SAS	B-Language
language	I-Language
compilers	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
SAS	B-Language
is	O
developed	O
and	O
sponsored	O
by	O
the	O
SAS	B-Language
Institute	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
competitor	O
,	O
World	B-Algorithm
Programming	I-Algorithm
System	I-Algorithm
has	O
developed	O
an	O
interpreter	O
and	O
tools	O
that	O
allows	O
execution	O
of	O
the	O
SAS	B-Language
scripts	O
.	O
</s>
