Appendix: Commands Listed by Categories

Data Entry Commands

Note that CONCAT, COPY, DATA, NUMBERS, and URN are really different names for the same command. You can choose among these names depending on context to make your program more clear. That leaves NAME and SET as the only unique command in this category. But, SET can be replaced by a COPY command and multiple literals. See SET. The conclusion, then, is that of these six commands, all you need is COPY and NAME.

CONCAT

COPY

Data Generating Commands (Distributions)

Sampling/Randomizing Commands

Note that GENERATE, RANDOM, and SAMPLE are really different names for the same command. You can choose among these names depending on context to make your program more clear.