<s>
Business	B-Language
Application	I-Language
Language	I-Language
(	O
BAL	O
)	O
refers	O
to	O
one	O
of	O
many	O
offshoots	O
of	O
the	O
BASIC	O
language	O
and	O
should	O
not	O
be	O
confused	O
with	O
IBM	O
's	O
well-established	O
Basic	B-Device
assembly	I-Device
language	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Business	B-Language
Application	I-Language
Language	I-Language
was	O
originally	O
defined	O
by	O
Honeywell	O
in	O
1973	O
and	O
the	O
major	O
diffusion	O
was	O
in	O
their	O
system	O
'	O
80-	O
'	O
90	O
in	O
Europe	O
with	O
the	O
work	O
of	O
French	O
firm	O
Prologue	O
S.A.	O
that	O
used	O
BAL	O
for	O
programming	O
on	O
their	O
proprietary	O
Operative	O
System	O
(	O
Prologue	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1986	O
the	O
language	O
was	O
ported	O
to	O
the	O
Unix	B-Application
platform	O
by	O
GuyPes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
evolution	O
of	O
Balix	O
,	O
developed	O
in	O
Italy	O
,	O
is	O
called	O
B2U	O
(	O
an	O
acronym	O
for	O
Business	O
under	O
UNIX	B-Application
)	O
developed	O
by	O
GuyPes	O
,	O
and	O
are	O
used	O
for	O
a	O
Banking	O
Information	O
System	O
that	O
are	O
used	O
by	O
one	O
hundred	O
banks	O
in	O
Italy	O
.	O
</s>
