<s>
Synergy	B-Language
DBL	I-Language
(	O
Data	O
Business	O
Language	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
compiled	B-Language
,	O
imperative	B-Application
programming	I-Application
language	I-Application
designed	O
for	O
business	O
use	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
language	O
was	O
originally	O
called	O
DBL	O
;	O
later	O
it	O
was	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
Synergy	O
Language	O
;	O
as	O
of	O
2012	O
the	O
official	O
name	O
is	O
Synergy	B-Language
DBL	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
Digital	O
Equipment	O
Corporation	O
’s	O
DIBOL	B-Language
programming	I-Language
language	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
language	O
is	O
procedural	B-Application
and	O
,	O
since	O
2007	O
(	O
version	O
9.1	O
)	O
,	O
object-oriented	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Support	O
for	O
Microsoft	O
’s	O
.NET	B-Application
Framework	I-Application
was	O
added	O
in	O
2010	O
(	O
version	O
9.5	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
language	O
includes	O
a	O
standard	O
library	O
consisting	O
of	O
240	O
built-in	O
subroutines	O
and	O
functions	O
,	O
10	O
built-in	O
classes	O
,	O
and	O
11	O
APIs	O
that	O
provide	O
functionality	O
such	O
as	O
access	O
to	O
XML	B-Protocol
from	O
within	O
DBL	O
programs	O
and	O
sending	O
and	O
receiving	O
data	O
via	O
HTTP/HTTPS	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Synergy	B-Language
DBL	I-Language
is	O
cross-platform	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
current	O
version	O
running	O
on	O
all	O
modern	O
Windows	B-Application
platforms	O
(	O
Windows	B-Application
7/Server	O
2008	O
R2	O
and	O
higher	O
)	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
on	O
HP-UX	B-Application
,	O
IBM	B-Application
AIX	I-Application
,	O
Oracle	B-Application
Solaris	I-Application
,	O
several	O
varieties	O
of	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
HP	O
OpenVMS	B-Operating_System
Alpha	I-Operating_System
,	O
HP	O
OpenVMS	B-Operating_System
I64	O
Integrity	O
,	O
and	O
VSI	O
OpenVMS	B-Operating_System
for	O
Integrity	O
servers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Synergy	O
.NET	B-Application
programs	O
are	O
CLS-compliant	O
and	O
run	O
under	O
the	O
.NET	B-Application
Framework	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Synergy	B-Language
DBL	I-Language
is	O
based	O
on	O
Digital	O
Equipment	O
Corporation	O
’s	O
DIBOL	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
DBL	O
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Digital	O
Information	O
Systems	O
Corporation	O
(	O
DISC	O
;	O
the	O
company	O
name	O
was	O
changed	O
to	O
Synergex	O
in	O
1996	O
)	O
in	O
the	O
late	O
1970s	O
as	O
a	O
DIBOL	B-Language
alternative	O
,	O
targeting	O
system	O
integrators	O
who	O
combined	O
DEC	O
hardware	O
with	O
third-party	O
peripherals	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DIBOL	B-Language
ran	O
only	O
on	O
DEC	O
hardware	O
,	O
while	O
DBL	O
ran	O
on	O
most	O
major	O
business	O
computer	O
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
mid-1979	O
,	O
DBL	O
was	O
being	O
sold	O
as	O
a	O
DIBOL-compatible	O
compiler	B-Language
for	O
PDP-11	B-Device
(	O
and	O
compatibles	O
)	O
running	O
RT-11	B-Operating_System
and	O
RSTS/E	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
November	O
1980	O
:	O
DBL	O
2.0	O
released	O
for	O
DEC	O
’s	O
PDP-11	B-Device
-	O
based	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
compiled	B-Language
and	O
executed	O
programs	O
written	O
in	O
DBL	O
1.3	O
or	O
Dibol-11	O
,	O
and	O
ran	O
on	O
RT-11	B-Operating_System
,	O
TSX	B-Device
,	O
RSTS	B-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
RSX-11M	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
structured	B-Language
version	O
of	O
DBL	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
January	O
1983	O
:	O
VMS	B-Operating_System
native-mode	O
version	O
of	O
DBL	O
released	O
to	O
run	O
on	O
VAX	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
this	O
time	O
,	O
DBL	O
was	O
also	O
available	O
for	O
DEC	O
RT-11	B-Operating_System
,	O
TSX/TSX	B-Device
-Plus	I-Device
,	O
RSTS	B-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
RSX-11M/M	B-Application
-Plus	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Summer	O
1984	O
:	O
Initial	O
version	O
4	O
released	O
for	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
(	O
Other	O
platforms	O
were	O
released	O
in	O
1985	O
,	O
including	O
VMS	B-Operating_System
and	O
TSX-Plus	B-Device
.	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
language	O
was	O
rewritten	O
in	O
C	B-Language
and	O
included	O
support	O
for	O
virtual	B-Architecture
memory	I-Architecture
,	O
multi-dimensional	O
arrays	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
bind	O
two	O
or	O
more	O
programs	O
together	O
into	O
one	O
executable	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
December	O
1984	O
:	O
DBL	O
version	O
4	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
AT&T	O
Unix	B-Application
operating	I-Application
system	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
enabled	O
developers	O
to	O
open	O
up	O
to	O
256	O
windows	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
February	O
1993	O
:	O
DBL	O
replaced	O
DIBOL	B-Language
on	O
Digital	O
Equipment	O
Corporation	O
’s	O
VAX	B-Device
,	O
Alpha	B-Device
AXP	I-Device
,	O
DEC	B-Operating_System
OSF/1	I-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
Intel-based	O
SCO	O
Unix	B-Application
systems	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
April	O
1995	O
:	O
Version	O
5.7.3	O
expanded	O
the	O
supported	O
platforms	O
to	O
include	O
Linux	B-Application
and	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
(	O
Windows	B-Application
3.1	O
,	O
95	O
,	O
and	O
NT	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
April	O
2007	O
:	O
Version	O
9.1	O
added	O
support	O
for	O
object-oriented	B-Language
programming	I-Language
,	O
and	O
the	O
compiler	B-Language
was	O
rewritten	O
to	O
support	O
objects	O
and	O
provide	O
better	O
error	O
detection	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
November	O
2010	O
:	O
Version	O
9.5	O
added	O
support	O
for	O
Microsoft	O
’s	O
.NET	B-Application
Framework	I-Application
,	O
giving	O
programmers	O
access	O
to	O
.NET	B-Application
Framework	I-Application
classes	O
in	O
addition	O
to	O
DBL	O
classes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
language	O
was	O
integrated	O
with	O
Microsoft	O
’s	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
December	O
2014	O
:	O
Version	O
10.3	O
added	O
support	O
for	O
creating	O
programs	O
that	O
can	O
run	O
on	O
Android	B-Application
and	O
iOS	B-Application
devices	O
.	O
</s>
