Programming Language for Business: Difference between revisions

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'''Programming Language for Business''' or '''PL/B''' is a business-oriented [[programming language]] originally called '''DATABUS''' and designed by [[Datapoint]] in the early [[1970s]] as an alternative to [[COBOL]] because its [[8-bit computer]]s could not fit COBOL into their limited memory, and because COBOL did not at the time have facilities to deal with Datapoint's built-in keyboard and screen.

A version of DATABUS became an [[American National Standards Institute|ANSI]] standard, and the name PL/B was adopted when Datapoint refused to release its [[trademark]] on the DATABUS name.

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*[http://plb.brainbuild.com/ Brainbuild PL/B Programming and Training Portal] a resource portal for PL/B programmers

*[http://www.mmcctech.com/pl-b/plb-0010.htm MMCC PL/B programming notebook]

[[Category:ProgrammingProcedural programming languages]]

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