WPS (World Programming System) provides data analysis using the SAS language. Use your exisiting SAS code without software from the SAS institute. Run MXG with WPS. Request a free evaluation of WPS. World Programming Limited, also known as the World Programming Company (WPC) develop the World Programming System (WPS), a SAS alternative.

The table below identifies the current versions of WPS on general release.
| Platform | Version ID | Date Released | What's New & Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windows | 2.3.4 | 13-Nov-2008 | WPS_readme.txt |
| z/OS | 2.3.4 | 13-Nov-2008 |
For more general details and information about WPS including all the currently available language support, please refer to the WPS features section.
For Mainframe z/OS usage, WPS now has performance improvements for most types of work load. This release also provides support for z/OS 1.9.
For non-English speaking users, the Windows and z/OS platforms now support PROC TRANTAB and associate code page and collation order conversion features. Also, the WPS Workbench allows the display and entry of data in non-english code pages when the locale is set appropriately (presently only single byte character support).
WPS now provides graphical output support for a subset of language elements that users may be familiar with from SAS/GRAPH®*.
Numerous bug fixes, and new language support have been added.
Existing WPS users on Mainframe z/OS should note that there may be migration steps required as outlined in the WPS readme file (see table near the top of this page).
All the fixes, new items and migration steps for the current release of WPS, can be found in the WPS_readme.txt document listed in the table near the top of this page. The readme document is also supplied in the WPS installation bundle.
There are more on-line documents that you can download or view concerning the current release of WPS, including installation guides, user guides and language support documentation.
Please go to the main support page for details about software downloads.