[Info-vax] DIBOL-11

[plugh]

On Saturday, March 11, 2023 at 7:20:59 AM UTC-7, bill wrote:
> On 3/11/2023 8:04 AM, plugh wrote: 
> > On Friday, March 10, 2023 at 4:26:53 PM UTC-7, bill wrote: 
> >> Just something that popped into my head that I thought I would share. 
> >> 
> >> I wondered why DIBOL came into being at all given what was already 
> >> available from DEC. And then it hit me. It was obviously DEC's 
> >> answer to IBM's RPG. 
> >> 
> >> Does that sound right to anyone else? 
> >> 
> >> bill 
> > 
> > The pdp-8 had Dibol. I can't think of any other business-oriented language; Wikipedia isn't much help on that search. Mabye Dibol-11 was for migration. Much good code was written for the 8 that a business case could be made to move such to the 11. I'm sure there was more good code produced, but the stuff from MCBA comes to mind.
> Having no experience with the PDP-8 I didn't know DIBOL started there. 
> My first DIBOL was DIBOL-11. Maybe I had it backwards and it was RPG 
> that came out as an answer to DIBOL. 
> 
> bill
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The company I worked for at the time kept me employed sell^^^flogg ing those systems in the early 80's