Editing SAS (software) (section)

===Development===
SAS was redesigned in SAS 76. The INPUT and INFILE statements were improved so they could read most data formats used by IBM mainframes. Generating reports was also added through the PUT and FILE statements. The ability to analyze [[general linear model]]s was also added<ref>{{cite book
| last=Barr
| first=Anthony J.
| author2=James H. Goodnight
| author3=John P. Sall
| author4=Jane T. Helwig
| title=SAS Programmer's Guide, 1979 Edition
| publisher=SAS Institute, Inc.
| year=1979
| url=http://www.worldcatlibraries.org/oclc/4984363
| oclc=4984363
| access-date=2006-10-16
| archive-date=2007-09-29
| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929104344/http://www.worldcatlibraries.org/oclc/4984363
| url-status=dead
}}</ref> as was the FORMAT procedure, which allowed developers to customize the appearance of data.<ref name="expert"/> In 1979, SAS 79 added support for the IBM VM/[[Conversational Monitor System|CMS operating system]] and introduced the DATASETS procedure. Three years later, SAS 82 introduced an early macro language and the APPEND procedure.<ref name="expert"/>

Beginning with SAS 4, released in 1984, SAS releases have followed a sequential naming convention not based on year of release.<ref>{{Cite web |title=SAS Releases Timeline |url=https://robslink.com/SAS/democd67/sas_releases.htm |access-date=2024-02-20 |website=robslink.com}}</ref> SAS version 4 had limited features, but made SAS more accessible. Version 5 introduced a complete macro language, array subscripts, and a full-screen interactive user interface called Display Manager.<ref name="expert"/> In 1985, SAS was rewritten in the [[C programming language]]. This enabled the SAS' MultiVendor Architecture which allows the software to run on [[UNIX]], [[MS-DOS]], and [[Windows]]. It was previously written in [[PL/I]], [[Fortran]], and [[assembly language]].<ref name="timeline"/><ref name="expert"/>

In the 1980s and 1990s, SAS released a number of components to complement Base SAS. SAS/GRAPH, which produces graphics, was released in 1980, as well as the SAS/ETS component, which supports econometric and time series analysis. A component intended for pharmaceutical users, SAS/PH-Clinical, was released in the 1990s. The [[Food and Drug Administration]] standardized on using SAS/PH-Clinical for new drug applications in 2002.<ref name="timeline">
{{cite news
| url=http://www.wral.com/business/story/9211429/
| title=SAS corporate timeline|date=March 3, 2011
| access-date=October 17, 2011}}</ref> Vertical products like SAS Financial Management and SAS Human Capital Management (then called CFO Vision and HR Vision respectively) were also introduced.<ref>
{{cite web
| url=http://www.sas.com/company/about/history.html#s1=5
| title=SAS history
| publisher=SAS Institute
| access-date=October 4, 2013}}</ref>

[[JMP (statistical software)|JMP]] was developed by SAS co-founder [[John Sall]] and a team of developers, in order to take advantage of the graphical user interface introduced in the 1984 [[Apple Macintosh]].<ref name="CoxGaudard2009">
{{cite book
| author1=Cox, Ian |author2=Marie A. Gaudard
| author3=Philip J. Ramsey |author4=Mia L. Stephens |author5=Leo Wright
| title=Visual Six Sigma: Making Data Analysis Lean
| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xdg9nkBFh1UC&pg=PA23
| access-date=16 November 2012|date=21 December 2009
| publisher=John Wiley & Sons
| isbn=978-0-470-50691-2
| page=23}}</ref> JMP's name originally stood for "John's Macintosh Project".<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Mishra |first=Mrigendra Nath |date=2018-01-01 |title=Identify critical success factors to implement integrated green and Lean Six Sigma |url=https://doi.org/10.1108/IJLSS-07-2017-0076 |journal=International Journal of Lean Six Sigma |volume=13 |issue=4 |pages=765–777 |doi=10.1108/IJLSS-07-2017-0076 |issn=2040-4166|url-access=subscription }}</ref> JMP was shipped for the first time in 1989. Updated versions of JMP were released continuously after 2002 with the most recent release in 2016.<ref name="jumptwo">{{cite news
| first=John
| last=Saul
| newspaper=JMPer Cable
| url=http://www.jmp.com/about/newsletters/jmpercable/pdf/26_winter_2010.pdf
| title=JMP is 20 Years Old
| date=Winter 2010
| access-date=October 13, 2011
| archive-date=July 21, 2013
| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130721134831/http://www.jmp.com/about/newsletters/jmpercable/pdf/26_winter_2010.pdf
| url-status=dead
}}</ref><ref>
{{cite news
| first=Adrian
| url=http://www.drdobbs.com/tools/228200027?queryText=SAS%2BJMP
| last=Bridgewater|newspaper=Dr. Dobb's Journal
| title=JMP Genomics 5: Data Visualization & Exploration|date=November 3, 2010
| access-date=May 31, 2012}}</ref><ref>
{{cite web
| url=http://www.pharmasug.org/proceedings/2012/DG/PharmaSUG-2012-DG01.pdf
| work=PharmaSUG 2012
| title=Proficiency in JMP Visualization
| first=Charles
| last=Shipp
| author2=Kirk Paul Lafler
| access-date=December 30, 2012}}</ref><ref name="thirtyeight">
{{cite web
| first=James
| last=Taylor
| title=First Look – JMP Pro
| date=August 10, 2011
| access-date=May 31, 2012
| url=http://jtonedm.com/2011/08/10/first-look-jmp-pro/}}</ref> In January 2022, JMP became a [[wholly owned subsidiary]] of SAS Institute, having previously been a business unit of the company.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About Us |url=https://www.jmp.com/en_us/company/about-us.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221216205905/https://www.jmp.com/en_us/company/about-us.html |archive-date=2022-12-16 |access-date=2024-03-01 |website=www.jmp.com |language=en}}</ref>

SAS 6 was used throughout the 1990s and was available on a wider range of operating systems, including [[Macintosh]], [[OS/2]], [[Silicon Graphics]], and [[PRIMOS]]. SAS introduced new features through dot-releases. From 6.06 to 6.09, a user interface based on the Windows paradigm was introduced and support for SQL was added.<ref>
{{cite book
| first=Kirk Paul
| last=Lafler
| title=PROC SQL: Beyond the Basics Using SAS, Second Edition
| url=https://www.sas.com/store/books/categories/usage-and-reference/proc-sql-beyond-the-basics-using-sas-second-edition/prodBK_62432_en.html
| publisher=SAS Institute
| isbn=978-1-61290-027-8| year=2013
}}</ref> Version 7 introduced the Output Delivery System (ODS) and an improved text editor. Subsequent releases improved upon the ODS. For example, more output options were added in version 8. The number of operating systems that were supported was reduced to [[UNIX]], [[Windows]] and [[z/OS]], and [[Linux]] was added.<ref name="supported systems">
{{cite web
| url=http://support.sas.com/supportos/list
| title=Supported Operating Systems
| publisher=SAS Institute
| access-date=October 6, 2012}}</ref> SAS 8 and SAS Enterprise Miner were released in 1999.<ref name="timeline"/>