On 10/13/2019 12:35 PM, Noel Chiappa via cctalk wrote:
> I recently picked up a copy of "CTS-300 - DIBOL Language Reference Manual"
> (because when I went to do a CHWiki page for the language:
>
> http://gunkies.org/wiki/DIBOL
>
> I could find almost nothing about it online); does anyone have e
On 10/15/19 8:07 AM, Noel Chiappa via cctalk wrote:
> I seem to recall that COBOL was the first language with support for
> structures? If DIBOL has support for them too, which would be
> another similarity between the two.
Both FLOW-MATIC (1953) and COMTRAN (1957) had support for data
structure
> From: Chuck Guzis
> One could argue that it's just as similar to FORTRAN (cf. computed GOTO
> and logical IF statements).
It probably worth pointing out that I never used COBOL, and have little
knowledge of it. So when one reads "it is vaguely reminiscent of COBOL, as it
has a 'Data
On 10/13/19 5:35 PM, Wayne S via cctalk wrote:
> In 1981-1987 i worked for a company that used the MCBA system subroutines to
> develop a system to do trust plan administration for labor unions. Mostly it
> was remote data entry by the unions themselves over leased lines using black
> box modems
In 1981-1987 i worked for a company that used the MCBA system subroutines to
develop a system to do trust plan administration for labor unions. Mostly it
was remote data entry by the unions themselves over leased lines using black
box modems. The MCBA routines were pretty clever and solid. The s
On 10/13/19 2:46 PM, Noel Chiappa via cctalk wrote:
> > From: Chuck Guzis
>
> > Calling DIBOL "COBOL-like" is stretching things quite a bit.
>
> OK, so I'll change it to "vaguely COBOL-like"... :-)
>
> Seriously, though, there some high-level similarities, and not just
> the purpose...
On 10/13/19 1:29 PM, Jason T via cctalk wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 13, 2019 at 1:47 PM Chuck Guzis via cctalk
> wrote:
>> There's a DIBOL self-instruction book on bitsavers:
>>
>> http://bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/pdp8/dibol/DEC-08-WDRA-D_DIBOL_Programming_A_Self-Instruction_Manual_Sep1970.pdf
>
> A few yea
> On 13 Oct 2019, at 21:36, Nigel Johnson via cctalk
> wrote:
>
> If anybody still has a COS-3xx DIBOL system, I have two keys for the back
> doors :-) DF8 and DF32
>
> cheers,
>
> Nigel Johnson
I have 2, assuming they both still work. I spent over 10 years as a DIBOL
programmer before th
> From: Chuck Guzis
> Calling DIBOL "COBOL-like" is stretching things quite a bit.
OK, so I'll change it to "vaguely COBOL-like"... :-)
Seriously, though, there some high-level similarities, and not just
the purpose...
Noel
If anybody still has a COS-3xx DIBOL system, I have two keys for the
back doors :-) DF8 and DF32
cheers,
Nigel Johnson
On 13/10/2019 16:29, Jason T via cctalk wrote:
On Sun, Oct 13, 2019 at 1:47 PM Chuck Guzis via cctalk
wrote:
There's a DIBOL self-instruction book on bitsavers:
http://bi
On Sun, Oct 13, 2019 at 1:47 PM Chuck Guzis via cctalk
wrote:
> There's a DIBOL self-instruction book on bitsavers:
>
> http://bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/pdp8/dibol/DEC-08-WDRA-D_DIBOL_Programming_A_Self-Instruction_Manual_Sep1970.pdf
A few years ago I scanned a bunch of application manuals from a
com
On 10/13/19 10:35 AM, Noel Chiappa via cctalk wrote:
> I recently picked up a copy of "CTS-300 - DIBOL Language Reference Manual"
> (because when I went to do a CHWiki page for the language:
>
> http://gunkies.org/wiki/DIBOL
>
> I could find almost nothing about it online); does anyone have eno
I recently picked up a copy of "CTS-300 - DIBOL Language Reference Manual"
(because when I went to do a CHWiki page for the language:
http://gunkies.org/wiki/DIBOL
I could find almost nothing about it online); does anyone have enough of a use
for this that I should put it in the high-priority s
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