![The use of SAS/IML software in published research](https://blogs.sas.com/content/iml/files/2015/06/imlscholar.png)
SAS/IML software is used by many SAS programmers, primarily for creating custom algorithms and macros that implement statistical analyses that are not built into any SAS procedure. I know that PROC IML is used regularly by pharmaceutical companies, by the financial and insurance industries, and by researchers in medical colleges