Re: pspp-0.8.0 released [stable]

[Alan Mead]

I don't know what "run production jobs like SPSS" means but "batch 
syntax" refers to SPSS having two (incompatible) sets of syntax rules:

http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/pspp-users/2009-01/msg00015.html
http://www.google.com/search?q=batch+mode+and+interactive+mode+spss

-Alan

On 7/23/2013 5:43 AM, Matthew Silver wrote:
> Does the "batch syntax" mean that pspp can run production jobs like SPSS?
>
> On Jul 23, 2013, at 1:47 AM, Ben Pfaff <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> > * The "pspp" program has a new option --batch (or -b) that selects
> >    "batch" syntax mode.  In previous versions of PSPP this syntax mode
> >    was the default.  Now a new "auto" syntax mode is the default.  In
> >    "auto" mode, PSPP interprets most syntax files correctly regardless
> >    of their intended syntax mode.
> >
> >    See the "Syntax Variants" section in the PSPP manual for more
> >    information.

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