DIBOL
| Paradigm | procedural, imperative, structured |
|---|---|
| Developer | DEC |
| First appeared | 1970 |
| Stable release |
Dibol 1992
/ 2002 |
| Typing discipline | static |
| Major implementations | |
| Synergex DBL, DEC VAX Dibol, others | |
| Influenced by | |
| BASIC, Fortran, COBOL | |
DiBOL or Digital's Business Oriented Language is a general-purpose, procedural, imperative programming language, designed for use in 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, and DIBOL-32 VAX/VMS systems, though it can also be run on other systems through emulators.
DIBOL-11 was developed for the PDP-11 running COS-350 operating system. It also ran on CTS-300, RSX-11, and RT-11.
The DECmate II supports the COS-310 Commercial Operating System, featuring DIBOL.[1]
ANSI Standards were released in 1983, 1988 and 1992 (ANSI X3.165-1992). The 1992 standard was revised in 2002.
DIBOL compilers were developed by several other companies, including DBL from DISC (later Synergex), Softbol from Omtool,[2] and Unibol from Software Ireland, Ltd.[3] Development of DIBOL effectively ceased after 1993, when an agreement between DEC and DISC replaced DIBOL with DBL on VAX, AlphaAXP, OSF/1, and SCO Unix.[4][5]
See also
References
- ↑ "Introduction to DIBOL-83. Digital Equipment Corporation.". April 1984.
- ↑ Enterprise, I. D. G. (1985-10-07). Computerworld. IDG Enterprise. p. 66.
- ↑ Babcock, Charles (1985-09-30). AT&T unwraps applications packages for 3B series. ComputerWorld. IDG Enterprise. p. 28.
- ↑ "DISC ANNOUNCES NEW DIBOL STRATEGY IN ASSOCIATION WITH DIGITAL". www.thefreelibrary.com. Retrieved 2016-04-12.
- ↑ "Area Software Firm Gets DEC Contract". The Sacramento Bee. February 18, 1993.
External links
- Synergex DIBOL site
- [http://webstore.ansi.org/RecordDetail.aspx?sku=INCITS+165-1992[S2007] 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.