[Info-vax] DIBOL-11

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On Monday, March 13, 2023 at 9:47:02 AM UTC-4, Simon Clubley wrote:
> On 2023-03-10, Arne Vajhøj <ar... at vajhoej.dk> wrote: 
> > On 3/10/2023 6:26 PM, 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? 
> > 
> > I don't know Dibol - my understanding is that 
> > it is a sort of a hybrid between Cobol and Basic. 
> > I don't know RPG either. 
> >
> More like the functionality of Cobol and Fortran (with syntax that is 
> _nothing_ like Cobol :-)) 
> 
> Have a look for yourself: 
> 
> https://bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/dibol/ 
> 
> Modern Synergex DIBOL is nothing like the old DIBOL in terms of 
> functionality BTW. However, those manuals were behind a paywall 
> (and only legally available as part of a contract) when I last 
> used Synergex DIBOL, so they are not freely available to view. 
> 
> Simon. 
> 
> -- 
> Simon Clubley, clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP 
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on vms alpha it is the best environment ever ... could do anything