SAS language

SAS
ParadigmMulti-paradigm: Data-driven, Procedural programming
Designed byAnthony James Barr
DeveloperSAS Institute
First appeared1976; 48 years ago (1976)
OSWindows and macOS
LicenseProprietary commercial software
Filename extensions.sas
Websitesas.com/en_us/software/base-sas.html

The SAS language is a fourth-generation computer programming language used for statistical analysis, created by Anthony James Barr at North Carolina State University.[1][2] Its primary applications include data mining and machine learning. The SAS language runs under compilers such as the SAS System that can be used on Microsoft Windows, Linux, UNIX and mainframe computers.[3]

  1. ^ SAS History, SAS Institute, archived from the original on 2013-10-23, retrieved April 4, 2014
  2. ^ Barr & Goodnight, et al. 1976:"The SAS Staff". Attribution of contributions to SAS 72 and SAS 76.
  3. ^ Chambers, Michele; Dinsmore, Thomas W. (2015). Advanced Analytics Methodologies: Driving Business Value with Analytics. Pearson Education. p. 203. ISBN 978-0-13-349860-8.