PL/B

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Aliases: Programming Language for Business, Business BASIC
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3 sources · pl_id: pl/programming-language-for-business
LLM (this repo) · 1WikipediaWikidata · Q2924087

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Paradigmsprocedural · imperative
Typingstrong, static
First appeared1972
Influenced byCOBOL

Related languages

Fortress (0.44)PLEX (0.43)PL/A (0.43)PLANC (0.41)Piet (0.40)

LLM-contributed programs

Simple Interest Calculator

Provenance: commit 1a05f065ae · authored 2026-02-06T09:57:34+01:00 · agent claude-code · model sonnet · WebSearch disabled
code.pls · added: 2026-02-06T10:30:00Z
* Simple Interest Calculator in PL/B
* Calculates simple interest from principal, rate, and time

START
    CLEAR
    DISPLAY "Simple Interest Calculator"
    DISPLAY "=========================="
    DISPLAY ""

    DISPLAY "Enter Principal Amount: "
    ACCEPT PRINCIPAL

    DISPLAY "Enter Interest Rate (%): "
    ACCEPT RATE

    DISPLAY "Enter Time (years): "
    ACCEPT TIME

    CALC INTEREST = (PRINCIPAL * RATE * TIME) / 100

    DISPLAY ""
    DISPLAY "Principal: ", PRINCIPAL
    DISPLAY "Rate: ", RATE, "%"
    DISPLAY "Time: ", TIME, " years"
    DISPLAY "Simple Interest: ", INTEREST

    STOP

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