DIBOL
| Paradigm | procedural, imperative, structured | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Developer | DEC | ||||
| First appeared | 1970 | ||||
| Dibol 1992 / 2002 | |||||
| static | |||||
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DiBOL or Digital's Business Oriented Language is a general-purpose, procedural, imperative programming language, which is well-suited for Management Information Systems (MIS) software development. It has a syntax similar to FORTRAN and BASIC, along with BCD arithmetic. It shares the COBOL program structure of data and procedure divisions.
History
DIBOL was originally marketed by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) in 1970.
The original version, DIBOL-8, was produced for PDP-8, PDP-11 and DIBOL-32 VAX/VMS systems, though it can also be run on other systems through emulators.
The DECmate II supports the COS-310 Commercial Operating System, featuring DIBOL.[1]
ANSI Standards were released in 1983, 1988 and 1992. The 1992 standard was revised in 2002.
See also
References
- ↑ Snyder, John J. Ph.D. (June 1983). "A DEC on Every Desk?". BYTE. pp. 104–106. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
External links
- Synergex DIBOL site
- ANSI INCITS 165-1992 (R2002) Programming Language DIBOL (Downloadable PDF Standard for purchase from ANSI)
- Synergex Synergy/DE features the Synergy/DBL DIBOL compiler.
Reading
- American National Standards Institute; Computer and Business Equipment Manufacturers Association (CBEMA) (1988). American National Standard for Information Systems- Programming Language, DIBOL. New York, NY: American National Standards Institute. OCLC 23056850.
- American National Standards Institute; Computer and Business Equipment Manufacturers Association (CBEMA) (1992). American National Standard for Information Systems- Programming Language, DIBOL. New York, NY: American National Standards Institute. OCLC 27058852.