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For almost 40 years SAS has been the primary tool for statisticians worldwide and its easy-to-learn syntax, unsurpassed graphical system, powerful macro language and recent graphical user interfaces have made SAS the number one statistical software choice for both beginners and advanced users.
-- Rolf Poalis, Biostatistics Denmark (announcement of the SAS to R parser sas2R)
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