<s>
DIBOL	B-Language
or	O
Digital	O
's	O
Business	O
Oriented	O
Language	O
is	O
a	O
general-purpose	B-Language
,	O
procedural	B-Application
,	O
imperative	B-Application
programming	I-Application
language	I-Application
that	O
was	O
designed	O
for	O
use	O
in	O
Management	B-Application
Information	I-Application
Systems	I-Application
(	O
MIS	O
)	O
software	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DIBOL	B-Language
has	O
a	O
syntax	O
similar	O
to	O
FORTRAN	B-Application
and	O
BASIC	B-Language
,	O
along	O
with	O
BCD	O
arithmetic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
shares	O
the	O
COBOL	B-Application
program	B-Language
structure	I-Language
of	O
separate	O
data	O
and	O
procedure	O
divisions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
Fortran	B-Application
's	O
numeric	O
labels	O
(	O
for	O
GOTO	O
)	O
,	O
DIBOL	B-Language
's	O
were	O
alphanumeric	O
;	O
</s>
<s>
DIBOL	B-Language
was	O
originally	O
marketed	O
by	O
Digital	O
Equipment	O
Corporation	O
(	O
DEC	O
)	O
in	O
1970	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
version	O
,	O
DIBOL-8	O
,	O
was	O
produced	O
for	O
PDP-8	B-Device
systems	O
running	O
COS-300	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PDP-8-like	O
DECmate	O
II	O
,	O
supports	O
the	O
COS-310	O
Commercial	B-Operating_System
Operating	I-Operating_System
System	I-Operating_System
,	O
featuring	O
DIBOL	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
DIBOL-11	O
was	O
developed	O
for	O
the	O
PDP-11	B-Device
running	O
COS-350	O
operating	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
ran	O
on	O
RSX-11	O
,	O
RT-11	O
,	O
and	O
from	O
1978	O
on	O
RSTS/E	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
DIBOL-32	O
runs	O
on	O
VMS	B-Operating_System
systems	O
,	O
although	O
it	O
can	O
also	O
be	O
used	O
on	O
other	O
systems	O
through	O
emulators	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
DIBOL	B-Language
compilers	O
were	O
developed	O
by	O
several	O
other	O
companies	O
,	O
including	O
DBL	B-Language
from	O
DISC	O
(	O
later	O
Synergex	O
)	O
,	O
Softbol	O
from	O
Omtool	O
,	O
and	O
Unibol	O
from	O
Software	O
Ireland	O
,	O
Ltd	O
.	O
Development	O
of	O
DIBOL	B-Language
effectively	O
ceased	O
after	O
1993	O
,	O
when	O
an	O
agreement	O
between	O
DEC	O
and	O
DISC	O
replaced	O
DIBOL	B-Language
with	O
DBL	B-Language
on	O
OpenVMS	B-Operating_System
,	O
Digital	B-Operating_System
UNIX	I-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
SCO	B-Operating_System
Unix	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
