The language of a statistical system Jasp

Abstract

A language is one of the fundamental bases of a statistical system. We design and implement a language for our statistical system Jasp to realize simple and intuitive syntax, easy interactive operation, advanced GUI and quick accessibility to all Java libraries. To implement Jasp language, we use Pnuts script language written in and for Java. We show that the object oriented framework of Java is useful for building and extending Jasp language and the pre-processor approach is effective and less time-consuming for adding new features.