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	'''User Language''' (renamed '''SOUL''' in version 7.5 of Model 204) is the internal language of the <var class="product">[[Model 204]]</var> DBMS, a product of [http://www.rocketsoftware.com/m204 Rocket Software]. It is a 4th Generation Language (4GL), which means it was designed to be a "high level" language, with a good deal of abstraction and power embedded in relatively simple programming directives.		'''User Language''' (renamed '''SOUL''' in version 7.5 of Model 204) is the internal language of the <var class="product">[[Model 204]]</var> DBMS, a product of [http://www.rocketsoftware.com/m204 Rocket Software]. It is a 4th Generation Language (4GL), which means it was designed to be a "high level" language, with a good deal of abstraction and power embedded in relatively simple programming directives.

	<var class="product">User Language</var> is characterized by its very easy, English-like syntax and its tight integration with the <var class="product">Model 204</var> DBMS. Programs begin with a <var>BEGIN</var> statement and end with <var>END</var> (statements necessarily uppercased prior to version 7.5):		<var class="product">User Language</var> is characterized by its very easy, English-like syntax and its tight integration with the <var class="product">Model 204</var> DBMS. Programs begin with a <var>BEGIN</var> statement and end with <var>END</var> (statements necessarily uppercased prior to version 7.5):

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	==User Language becomes SOUL==		==User Language becomes SOUL==
	Version 7.5 of Model 204, released shortly after the acquisition of [[Sirius Software]], provided [[Release_notes_for_Model_204_version_7.~~5_(DRAFT)~~#SOUL_.28User_Language.29_enhancements\|significant enhancements]] to <var class="product">User Language</var>, perhaps the most prominent being Object-Oriented programming capabilities (motivating the name change from User language to SOUL) and support for mixed-case keywords and variable names:		Version 7.5 of Model 204, released shortly after the acquisition of [[Sirius Software]], provided [[Release_notes_for_Model_204_version_7.5#SOUL_.28User_Language.29_enhancements\|significant enhancements]] to <var class="product">User Language</var>, perhaps the most prominent being Object-Oriented programming capabilities (motivating the name change from User language to SOUL) and support for mixed-case keywords and variable names:
	<p class="code">Begin		<p class="code">Begin
	print 'Hello World		print 'Hello World

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	The [[Object oriented programming in SOUL\|Object-Oriented additions]] let you write sophisticated applications using a range of classes, some built in and others you create locally. Other V7.5 additions included a library of $functions; constructs like <var>[[Stringlist_class\|Stringlists]]</var> and <var>[[Daemon class\|Daemons]]</var> that offer new ways of programming and new possibilities for managing complex, in-memory data manipulation; ~~and~~		The [[Object oriented programming in SOUL\|Object-Oriented additions]] let you write sophisticated applications using a range of classes, some built in and others you create locally. Other V7.5 additions included a library of $functions; constructs like <var>[[Stringlist_class\|Stringlists]]</var> and <var>[[Daemon class\|Daemons]]</var> that offer new ways of programming and new possibilities for managing complex, in-memory data manipulation; the extensive [[Janus TCP/IP Base#The Janus family\|Janus product set]], which allows access to <var class="product">Model 204</var> via HTTP, sockets, Sybase Omni servers, FTP clients, and more; and the [[RKTools]] family of products, which help programmers and system administrators perform a wide variety of Model 204 supporting tasks.
	the extensive [[~~Sirius Software product list~~#~~janus~~\|Janus product set]], which allows access to <var class="product">Model 204</var> via HTTP, sockets, Sybase Omni servers, FTP clients, and more.

	==See also==		==See also==

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	<li>[[List of Model 204 parameters\|Parameters]]		<li>[[List of Model 204 parameters\|Parameters]]
	<li>[[:Category:SOUL $functions\|$functions]]		<li>[[:Category:SOUL $functions\|$functions]]
	<li>[[:Category:~~File architecture and management~~\|~~File architecture and management~~]]		<li>[[:Category:Model 204 files\|Model 204 files]]
	<li>[http://docs.rocketsoftware.com/nxt/gateway.dll?f=templates$fn=default.htm Model 204 PDFs] (some [[Model 204 documentation#Model 204 core documentation\|converted]] to M204wiki)		<li>[http://docs.rocketsoftware.com/nxt/gateway.dll?f=templates$fn=default.htm Model 204 PDFs] (some [[Model 204 documentation#Model 204 core documentation\|converted]] to M204wiki)
	</ul>		</ul>

	[[Category:Overviews]]		[[Category:Overviews]]

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	<li>[[:Category:SOUL $functions\|$functions]]		<li>[[:Category:SOUL $functions\|$functions]]
	<li>[[:Category:File architecture and management\|File architecture and management]]		<li>[[:Category:File architecture and management\|File architecture and management]]
	<li>[http://docs.rocketsoftware.com/nxt/gateway.dll?f=templates$fn=default.htm Model 204 PDFs] (some [[Model 204 ~~and Sirius~~ documentation#Model 204 core documentation\|converted]] to M204wiki)		<li>[http://docs.rocketsoftware.com/nxt/gateway.dll?f=templates$fn=default.htm Model 204 PDFs] (some [[Model 204 documentation#Model 204 core documentation\|converted]] to M204wiki)
	</ul>		</ul>

	[[Category:Overviews]]		[[Category:Overviews]]

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	The Object-Oriented additions let you write sophisticated applications using a range of classes, some built in and others you create locally. Other V7.5 additions included a library of $functions; constructs like <var>[[Stringlist_class\|Stringlists]]</var> and <var>[[Daemon class\|Daemons]]</var> that offer new ways of programming and new possibilities for managing complex, in-memory data manipulation; and		The [[Object oriented programming in SOUL\|Object-Oriented additions]] let you write sophisticated applications using a range of classes, some built in and others you create locally. Other V7.5 additions included a library of $functions; constructs like <var>[[Stringlist_class\|Stringlists]]</var> and <var>[[Daemon class\|Daemons]]</var> that offer new ways of programming and new possibilities for managing complex, in-memory data manipulation; and
	the extensive [[Sirius Software product list#janus\|Janus product set]], which allows access to <var class="product">Model 204</var> via HTTP, sockets, Sybase Omni servers, FTP clients, and more.		the extensive [[Sirius Software product list#janus\|Janus product set]], which allows access to <var class="product">Model 204</var> via HTTP, sockets, Sybase Omni servers, FTP clients, and more.

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	<li>[[:Category:SOUL $functions\|$functions]]		<li>[[:Category:SOUL $functions\|$functions]]
	<li>[[:Category:File architecture and management\|File architecture and management]]		<li>[[:Category:File architecture and management\|File architecture and management]]
	<li>[http://~~www~~.rocketsoftware.com/~~m204~~/~~products/model204/documentation~~ Model 204 PDFs] (some [[Model 204 and Sirius documentation#Model 204 core documentation\|converted]] to M204wiki)		<li>[http://docs.rocketsoftware.com/nxt/gateway.dll?f=templates$fn=default.htm Model 204 PDFs] (some [[Model 204 and Sirius documentation#Model 204 core documentation\|converted]] to M204wiki)
	</ul>		</ul>

	[[Category:Overviews]]		[[Category:Overviews]]

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	The Object-Oriented additions let you write sophisticated applications using a range of classes, some built in and others you ~~can~~ create locally. Other V7.5 additions included a library of $functions; ~~new~~		The Object-Oriented additions let you write sophisticated applications using a range of classes, some built in and others you create locally. Other V7.5 additions included a library of $functions; constructs like <var>[[Stringlist_class\|Stringlists]]</var> and <var>[[Daemon class\|Daemons]]</var> that offer new ways of programming and new possibilities for managing complex, in-memory data manipulation; and
	constructs like <var>[[Stringlist_class\|Stringlists]]</var> and <var>[[Daemon class\|Daemons]]</var> that ~~opened up~~ new ways of programming and new possibilities for managing complex, in-memory data manipulation; and		the extensive [[Sirius Software product list#janus\|Janus product set]], which allows access to <var class="product">Model 204</var> via HTTP, sockets, Sybase Omni servers, FTP clients, and more.
	the extensive [[Sirius Software product list#janus\|Janus product set]], which ~~provides~~ access to <var class="product">Model 204</var> via HTTP, sockets, Sybase Omni servers, FTP clients, and more.

	==See also==		==See also==

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	==See also==		==See also==
	<ul>		<ul>
	<li>[[SOUL\|SOUL documentation]] (the former ''User Language Reference Manual'')		<li>[[SOUL\|SOUL documentation]] (the former <var class="book">User Language Reference Manual</var>)

	<li>Other <var class="product">Model 204</var> documentation:		<li>Other <var class="product">Model 204</var> documentation:
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	<li>[[:Category:SOUL $functions\|$functions]]		<li>[[:Category:SOUL $functions\|$functions]]
	<li>[[:Category:Model 204 files\|Model 204 files]]		<li>[[:Category:Model 204 files\|Model 204 files]]
	<li>[http://docs.rocketsoftware.com/nxt/gateway.dll?f=templates$fn=default.htm Model 204 PDFs] (some [[Model 204 documentation#Model 204 ~~core documentation~~\|converted]] to M204wiki)		<li>[http://docs.rocketsoftware.com/nxt/gateway.dll?f=templates$fn=default.htm Model 204 PDFs] (some [[Model 204 documentation#Standard Model 204 documents\|converted]] to M204wiki)
	</ul>		</ul>

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	==See also==		==See also==
	<ul>		<ul>
	<li>[[~~:Category:~~SOUL\|SOUL documentation]] (the former ''User Language Reference Manual'')		<li>[[SOUL\|SOUL documentation]] (the former ''User Language Reference Manual'')

	<li>Other <var class="product">Model 204</var> documentation:		<li>Other <var class="product">Model 204</var> documentation: