<s>
Programming	B-Language
Language	I-Language
for	I-Language
Business	I-Language
or	O
PL/B	B-Language
is	O
a	O
business-oriented	O
programming	O
language	O
originally	O
called	O
DATABUS	B-Language
and	O
designed	O
by	O
Datapoint	O
in	O
1972	O
as	O
an	O
alternative	O
to	O
COBOL	B-Application
because	O
Datapoint	O
's	O
8-bit	O
computers	O
could	O
not	O
fit	O
COBOL	B-Application
into	O
their	O
limited	O
memory	O
,	O
and	O
because	O
COBOL	B-Application
did	O
not	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
have	O
facilities	O
to	O
deal	O
with	O
Datapoint	O
's	O
built-in	O
keyboard	O
and	O
screen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
version	O
of	O
DATABUS	B-Language
became	O
an	O
ANSI	O
standard	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
name	O
PL/B	B-Language
came	O
about	O
when	O
Datapoint	O
chose	O
not	O
to	O
release	O
its	O
trademark	O
on	O
the	O
DATABUS	B-Language
name	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Much	O
like	O
Java	B-Language
and	O
.NET	O
,	O
PL/B	B-Language
programs	O
are	O
compiled	O
into	O
an	O
intermediate	O
byte-code	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
then	O
interpreted	O
by	O
a	O
runtime	O
library	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
of	O
this	O
,	O
many	O
PL/B	B-Language
programs	O
can	O
run	O
on	O
DOS	B-Device
,	O
Unix	B-Application
,	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Windows	B-Application
operating	I-Application
systems	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PL/B	B-Language
development	O
environments	O
are	O
influenced	O
by	O
Java	B-Language
and	O
Visual	B-Language
Basic	I-Language
,	O
and	O
offer	O
many	O
of	O
the	O
same	O
features	O
found	O
in	O
those	O
languages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PL/B	B-Language
(	O
Databus	B-Language
)	O
is	O
actively	O
used	O
all	O
over	O
the	O
world	O
,	O
and	O
has	O
several	O
forums	O
on	O
the	O
Internet	O
dedicated	O
to	O
supporting	O
software	O
developers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
its	O
inception	O
,	O
PL/B	B-Language
has	O
been	O
enhanced	O
and	O
adapted	O
to	O
keep	O
it	O
modernized	O
and	O
able	O
to	O
access	O
various	O
data	O
sources	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
has	O
a	O
database	O
capability	O
built-in	O
with	O
ISAM	O
and	O
Associative	O
Hashed	O
Indexes	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
ODBC	B-Application
,	O
SQL	B-Language
,	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
,	O
sequential	O
,	O
random	O
access	O
,	O
XML	B-Protocol
and	O
JSON	B-General_Concept
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PL/B	B-Language
also	O
has	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
access	O
external	O
routines	O
through	O
COM	O
,	O
DLL	O
's	O
and	O
.NET	O
assemblies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Several	O
implementations	O
of	O
the	O
language	O
are	O
capable	O
of	O
running	O
as	O
an	O
Application	O
Server	O
like	O
Citrix	B-Application
,	O
and	O
connecting	O
to	O
remote	O
databases	O
through	O
a	O
data	O
manager	O
.	O
</s>
