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With M8, SAS enhances its engines. The Snowflake engine, in particular, sees significant improvements. This isn't just about connectivity; it’s about data type support . Modern cloud databases use complex data types that traditional SAS datasets do not support natively. M8 improves the translation layer, ensuring that when SAS reads from Snowflake or Redshift, data types are preserved correctly, and performance is optimized for bulk loading.