<s>
ObjectPAL	B-Language
is	O
short	O
for	O
Object-Oriented	O
Paradox	B-Application
Application	O
Language	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
the	O
programming	O
language	O
used	O
by	O
the	O
Borland	B-Application
Paradox	I-Application
database	O
application	O
(	O
now	O
owned	O
by	O
Corel	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Paradox	B-Application
,	O
now	O
in	O
its	O
11th	O
version	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
constituent	O
of	O
Corel	O
's	O
Word	B-Application
Perfect	I-Application
X3	I-Application
office	I-Application
suite	I-Application
,	O
for	O
32-bit	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
language	O
is	O
tightly-bound	O
to	O
the	O
application	O
's	O
forms	O
,	O
and	O
provides	O
a	O
very	O
rapid	O
and	O
robust	O
development	O
environment	O
for	O
creating	O
database	O
applications	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
ObjectPAL	B-Language
is	O
not	O
a	O
full	O
free-standing	O
object-oriented	B-Language
language	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
belongs	O
to	O
the	O
family	O
of	O
languages	O
inspired	O
by	O
Hypercard	B-Application
,	O
with	O
influences	O
from	O
PAL	O
(	O
wherever	O
functionality	O
could	O
be	O
kept	O
the	O
same	O
)	O
,	O
Smalltalk	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Garnet	O
(	O
a	O
UI	O
language	O
created	O
by	O
Brad	O
Myers	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
its	O
objects	O
do	O
encapsulate	B-Application
source	O
code	O
,	O
there	O
is	O
no	O
support	O
for	O
polymorphism	B-Application
,	O
and	O
only	O
a	O
very	O
limited	O
inheritance	B-Language
concept	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
wedded	O
to	O
objects	O
on	O
a	O
form	O
which	O
can	O
be	O
controlled	O
by	O
code	O
placed	O
on	O
a	O
higher	O
object	O
in	O
a	O
form	O
's	O
object	O
hierarchy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
for	O
what	O
it	O
is	O
,	O
ObjectPAL	B-Language
provides	O
a	O
wideranging	O
and	O
versatile	O
language	O
for	O
creating	O
Paradox	B-Application
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
syntax	O
and	O
structure	O
of	O
the	O
language	O
resembles	O
Visual	B-Language
Basic	I-Language
,	O
but	O
knowing	O
Visual	B-Language
Basic	I-Language
would	O
only	O
help	O
someone	O
new	O
to	O
ObjectPAL	B-Language
in	O
the	O
sense	O
that	O
any	O
other	O
programming	O
skill	O
would	O
be	O
transferable	O
to	O
ObjectPAL	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
ObjectPAL	B-Language
was	O
the	O
successor	O
to	O
PAL	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
the	O
Paradox	B-Application
for	O
DOS	B-Device
programming	O
language	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
advent	O
of	O
Paradox	B-Application
for	O
Windows	B-Application
1.0	O
in	O
1993	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
then	O
owned	O
by	O
Borland	O
Corporation	O
,	O
ObjectPAL	B-Language
was	O
born	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
as	O
such	O
as	O
a	O
web	O
server	O
scripting	O
language	O
when	O
combined	O
with	O
the	O
Corel	O
Web	O
Server	O
Control	O
OCX	O
,	O
which	O
implements	O
a	O
server	O
API	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
CGI	B-Language
,	O
and	O
its	O
standalone	O
console	O
,	O
the	O
Corel	O
Web	O
Server	O
.	O
</s>
