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PSPP is a program for statistical analysis of sampled data. It interprets
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commands in the SPSS language and produces tabular output in ASCII, HTML,
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or PostScript format. In previous releases, PSPP was known as Fiasco.
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A main goal of the PSPP project is compatibility with the SPSS language.
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PSPP also aims to be written better than the program it replaces. Right
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now this includes:
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* High-quality output formatting:
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- Presentation-quality tables on devices that can handle it, such
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as laser printers and raster displays. This is currently implemented
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through a PostScript driver and a simple HTML tables driver.
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- Other devices, such as terminals and dot-matrix printers, are
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supported through an ASCII driver. IBM PC box-drawing
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characters can also be used. Bold and italics are supported
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if the underlying device supports them.
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- Output can be directed to multiple devices at once and
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retain the unique output properties of each device.
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- All this can be done on any operating system that PSPP supports.
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Though the latest versions of what PSPP replaces support similar
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functionality, they do so only under non-free Microsoft
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operating systems.
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* Portability: PSPP is easy to port. It should be simple to port it
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to any operating system having an ANSI C compiler.
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