<s>
IBM	B-Language
VisualAge	I-Language
Pacbase	B-Language
is	O
a	O
code-switching	O
structured	B-Language
programming	I-Language
language	O
that	O
is	O
developed	O
and	O
maintained	O
by	O
IBM	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
VisualAge	B-Language
Pacbase	B-Language
runs	O
on	O
both	O
IBM	B-Device
and	O
non-IBM	O
mainframes	O
and	O
integrates	O
with	O
IBM	B-Device
WebSphere	O
Studio	O
Application	O
Developer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
compiling	O
Pacbase	B-Language
code	O
it	O
is	O
first	O
translated	O
into	O
COBOL	B-Application
and	O
then	O
compiled	O
to	O
binary	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PACBASE	B-Language
was	O
an	O
early	O
advanced	O
computer-aided	B-Application
software	I-Application
engineering	I-Application
(	O
CASE	O
)	O
software	O
for	O
mainframes	B-Architecture
and	O
Unix	O
systems	O
from	O
CGI	O
(	O
Compagnie	O
Générale	O
d'Informatique	O
,	O
a	O
French	O
software	O
house	O
)	O
that	O
supported	O
a	O
wide	O
variety	O
of	O
databases	O
,	O
including	O
DB2	O
and	O
Oracle	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PACBASE	B-Language
generated	O
COBOL	B-Application
code	O
for	O
the	O
servers	O
,	O
and	O
Visual	B-Language
Age	I-Language
for	O
PACBASE	B-Language
was	O
used	O
to	O
create	O
the	O
client	O
side	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IBM	B-Device
purchased	O
CGI	O
in	O
the	O
early	O
1990s	O
and	O
absorbed	O
the	O
code-generating	O
tools	O
into	O
its	O
other	O
offerings	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pacbase	B-Language
is	O
now	O
considered	O
a	O
legacy	B-Device
system	I-Device
;	O
its	O
main	O
remaining	O
use	O
is	O
in	O
Francophone	O
markets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IBM	B-Device
supported	O
Pacbase	B-Language
through	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
More	O
details	O
on	O
the	O
French	O
page	O
of	O
VisualAge	B-Language
Pacbase	B-Language
.	O
</s>
