99 Bottles of Beer

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Language DIBOL

Date:	04/20/05
Author:	Bob Welton
URL:	n/a
Comments:	2
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Score:	(2.91 in 11 votes)

.TITLE - "Program to display 99 bottles of beer on the wall"
;
;=======================================================================================================
;	Author: Bob Welton (welton@pui.com)
;		Projects Unlimited Inc.
;		Dayton, OH  45414
;
;	Language: DIBOL or DBL
;=======================================================================================================

RECORD MISC
    NUMBOTTLES	,D2,99			;Default # of bottles to 99
    ANUMBOTTLES	,A2			;Used to mask the output of bottles


.PROC
    XCALL FLAGS (0007000000,1)		;Suppress STOP message
    OPEN (8,O:C,"TT:")        		;Open the terminal/display
    REPEAT
	BEGIN
	ANUMBOTTLES = NUMBOTTLES,'ZX'
	WRITES (8,ANUMBOTTLES+" Bottles of Beer on the wall,")
	ANUMBOTTLES = NUMBOTTLES,'ZX'
	WRITES (8,ANUMBOTTLES+" Bottles of Beer,")
	WRITES (8,"   Take one down, pass it around,")
	DECR NUMBOTTLES	      		;Reduce # of bottles by 1
	IF (NUMBOTTLES .LE. 1) EXITLOOP	;If just 1 bottle left, get out
	ANUMBOTTLES = NUMBOTTLES,'ZX'
	WRITES(8,ANUMBOTTLES+" Bottles of Beer on the wall.") 
	WRITES (8," ")
	END
    ANUMBOTTLES = NUMBOTTLES,'ZX'
    WRITES(8,ANUMBOTTLES+" Bottle of Beer on the wall.") 
    WRITES (8," ")
    WRITES (8,ANUMBOTTLES+" Bottle of Beer on the wall,")
    WRITES (8,ANUMBOTTLES+" Bottle of Beer,")
    WRITES (8,"   Take one down, pass it around,")
    WRITES (8," ")
    WRITES (8," ")
    WRITES (8, "Hey the Beer's gone, I am out of here...")
    SLEEP 2
    CLOSE 8
    STOP
.END

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DDay said on 08/23/08 06:39:35

Whoa! I haven't seen a line of DIBOL since the 1970s. I did not know that anyone still remembered it. Very cool, Mr Welton!

Have you tried out this version? I no longer have my PDP-8e to attempt it.

DDay

Tom said on 03/12/09 20:33:39

very impressed. Could you please tell me some web site which I can learn more about this cool language? thanks in advance

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