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Why This Snaky Python Language?
Posted By Jon Peck on Dec 31, 2008 at 11:12 AM
Filed Under Programmability, SPSS Statistics v17 | Leave a Comment
Once we decided on the strategy of embedding an existing programming language, we had to pick one.
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So, What Were We Thinking in Creating SPSS Programmability?
Posted By Jon Peck on Dec 14, 2008 at 04:12 PM
Filed Under Programmability, SPSS Statistics v17 | 2 Comments
Starting with SPSS version 14, we put a lot of effort into adding several programming languages into SPSS. We’ve kept this up now through four SPSS versions. What’s the point? After all, SPSS already had a rich command language familiar to hordes of users, and it also had SaxBasic scripting. And why did we come up with something so unfamiliar to SPSS users? I’ll sketch some of the major motivations here. Tell us what you think about what we have done by commenting on this (and future) posts.
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