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Anyone who is familiar with traditional programming languages such as Assembler, C or C++ can use the WPS Language SDK developer module to add language items to extend the language of SAS support in WPS.
Once you have created your own custom language items, you can freely redistribute them to anybody who uses WPS on the same platform.
The table below identifies the types of language item that can be developed with the WPS Language SDK.
| Language Item | Can Be Developed |
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WPS Language SDK can be used on any supported platform.
A third-party C, C++ compiler or assembler is required to create custom language items. Once a language item has been compiled, the third-party compiler is not required to actually use the language item.
