<s>
The	O
World	B-Algorithm
Programming	I-Algorithm
System	I-Algorithm
,	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
WPS	O
Analytics	O
or	O
WPS	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
software	O
product	O
developed	O
by	O
a	O
company	O
called	O
World	O
Programming	O
(	O
acquired	O
by	O
Altair	O
Engineering	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
has	O
interactive	O
visual	B-Language
programming	I-Language
tools	O
using	O
data	O
workflows	O
,	O
and	O
it	O
has	O
coding	B-General_Concept
tools	O
supporting	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
the	O
SAS	B-Language
language	I-Language
mixed	O
with	O
Python	B-Language
,	O
R	B-Language
and	O
SQL	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
WPS	O
can	O
use	O
programs	O
written	O
in	O
the	O
language	B-Language
of	I-Language
SAS	I-Language
without	O
the	O
need	O
for	O
translating	O
them	O
into	O
any	O
other	O
language	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WPS	O
has	O
a	O
built-in	O
language	O
interpreter	O
able	O
to	O
process	O
the	O
language	B-Language
of	I-Language
SAS	I-Language
and	O
produce	O
similar	O
results	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WPS	O
is	O
available	O
to	O
run	O
on	O
z/OS	B-Application
,	O
Windows	B-Application
,	O
macOS	B-Application
,	O
Linux	B-Application
(	O
x86	B-Operating_System
,	O
Armv8	B-Architecture
64-bit	I-Architecture
,	O
IBM	B-Application
Power	I-Application
LE	I-Application
,	O
IBM	B-Application
Z	I-Application
)	O
,	O
and	O
AIX	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
all	O
supported	O
platforms	O
,	O
programs	O
written	O
in	O
the	O
language	B-Language
of	I-Language
SAS	I-Language
can	O
be	O
executed	O
from	O
a	O
WPS	O
command	O
line	O
interface	O
,	O
often	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
running	O
in	O
batch	O
mode	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WPS	O
can	O
also	O
be	O
used	O
from	O
a	O
graphical	B-Application
user	I-Application
interface	I-Application
known	O
as	O
the	O
WPS	B-Algorithm
Workbench	I-Algorithm
for	O
managing	O
,	O
editing	O
and	O
running	O
programs	O
written	O
in	O
the	O
language	B-Language
of	I-Language
SAS	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
WPS	B-Algorithm
Workbench	I-Algorithm
user	O
interface	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
Eclipse	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
WPS	O
version	O
3	O
(	O
released	O
in	O
February	O
2012	O
)	O
provided	O
a	O
new	O
client/server	O
architecture	O
that	O
allows	O
the	O
WPS	B-Algorithm
Workbench	I-Algorithm
GUI	B-Application
to	O
execute	O
SAS	O
programs	O
on	O
remote	O
server	O
installations	O
of	O
WPS	O
in	O
a	O
network	O
or	O
cloud	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
integrated	B-Application
development	I-Application
environment	I-Application
based	O
on	O
Eclipse	B-Application
for	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
macOS	B-Application
and	O
Windows	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Support	O
for	O
language	B-Language
of	I-Language
SAS	I-Language
elements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Support	O
for	O
the	O
language	B-Language
of	I-Language
SAS	I-Language
Macros	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reads	O
and	O
writes	O
SAS	O
datasets	O
(	O
compressed	B-General_Concept
or	O
uncompressed	B-General_Concept
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Access	O
:	O
Actian	O
Matrix	O
(	O
previously	O
known	O
as	O
ParAccel	O
)	O
,	O
DASD	B-Application
,	O
DB2	B-Application
,	O
Excel	B-Application
,	O
Greenplum	O
,	O
Hadoop	B-Application
,	O
Informix	B-Application
,	O
,	O
MariaDB	B-Application
,	O
MySQL	B-Application
,	O
Netezza	O
,	O
ODBC	B-Application
,	O
OLEDB	B-Language
,	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
,	O
PostgreSQL	B-Application
,	O
SAND	B-Application
,	O
Snowflake	B-General_Concept
,	O
SPSS/PSPP	O
,	O
SQL	B-Application
Server	I-Application
,	O
Sybase	B-Application
,	O
Sybase	B-Application
IQ	I-Application
,	O
Teradata	O
,	O
VSAM	O
,	O
Vertica	O
and	O
XML	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Direct	O
output	O
of	O
reports	O
to	O
CSV	O
,	O
PDF	B-Application
and	O
HTML	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2010	O
World	O
Programming	O
defended	O
its	O
use	O
of	O
the	O
language	B-Language
of	I-Language
SAS	I-Language
in	O
the	O
High	O
Court	O
of	O
England	O
and	O
Wales	O
in	O
SAS	O
Institute	O
Inc	O
.	O
v	O
World	O
Programming	O
Ltd	O
.	O
</s>
