<s>
AlphaBASIC	B-Language
is	O
a	O
computer	O
programming	O
language	O
created	O
by	O
Alpha	O
Microsystems	O
in	O
1976	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AlphaBASIC	B-Language
shares	O
much	O
in	O
common	O
with	O
other	O
BASIC	O
languages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
does	O
offer	O
some	O
fairly	O
unusual	O
features	O
such	O
as	O
multi-user	O
orientation	O
,	O
ability	O
to	O
control	O
memory	O
layout	O
of	O
variables	O
(	O
MAP	O
statement	O
)	O
,	O
calling	O
of	O
external	O
assembly	B-Language
language	I-Language
subroutines	O
(	O
XCALL	O
statement	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
compiler	B-Language
and	O
runtime	O
system	O
are	O
written	O
in	O
Motorola	B-Device
68000	I-Device
assembly	B-Language
language	I-Language
,	O
and	O
thus	O
are	O
only	O
able	O
to	O
run	O
on	O
Alpha	O
Microsystems	O
hardware	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
compiler	B-Language
emits	O
interpreter	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
