DIBOL
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| Paradigm(s) | procedural, imperative, structured |
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| Appeared in | 1970 |
| Developer | DEC |
| Stable release | Dibol 1992 (2002) |
| Typing discipline | static |
| Major implementations | Synergex DBL, DEC VAX Dibol, others |
| Influenced by | BASIC, Fortran |
| Website | www.dibol.com |
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.
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[edit] 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.
ANSI Standards were released in 1983, 1988 and 1992. The 1992 standard was revised in 2002.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Official 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.
[edit] 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.
