Basic
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Implementations
Dialects and languages
Microsoft BASIC
MBASIC
BASIC (CP/M OS)
.DAT Filetype
ASCII source port

BASIC source
.BAS Filetype

PC-compatible
BASICA
GWBASIC

QBasic
Microsoft
.BAS filetype
QBASIC 1.1
Old MS-DOS Utilities
Windows 95 CD-ROM Extras
QB Express
The QBasic Station

QuickBASIC
.BAS filetype

Microsoft Visual Basic
.VBX filetype (Visual Basic object extension)
.VBS (VB Script)
.CLS (VB class)
.FRM (VB form)
.FRX (VB form stash file (binary form file))
.CTL (VB usercontrol)

Visual Basic .NET
2010
.VB filetype (VB.NET source)
.VBP (VB project)
.VIP (VB project)
.VBPROJ (VB.NET project)

DarkBASIC
.DBA filetype (source)
.DBPro (Professional project)

BASIC (Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code)
Unstructured strong-typed programming language
Procedural programming language
Object-oriented high-level programming language

Dartmouth College/New Hampshire, USA
John George Kemeny and Thomas Eugene Kurtz
1964

Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code Compilers

BCX BASIC Transcompiler, sourceforge.net
Programming self-translating translator application
Kevin Diggins
BASIC source code to C / C++
Compiled using any of several Win32 C/C++ compilers

FreeBasic

FreeBASIC [Home]
FBWiki [FreeBASIC wiki]

FreeBASIC compiler
No IDE

Open source (GPL)
32-bit BASIC compiler
Microsoft Windows
Protected-mode DOS (DOS extender)

"QB" language mode
QuickBASIC programs high level of support

Default language mode
Programs will require changes

Other compilers

Chipmunk Basic (Freeware)
Just BASIC (Freeware)
NBasic (Freeware)
RapidQ (Freeware)
Gambas (Open source)

TI-BASIC

Texas Instruments Calculators & Education Technology
Texas Instruments graphing calculator language
Extensive programming capability

Historical
TI-81
TI-83 series
TI-84 Plus series
TI-85 (Zilog Z80 microprocessor)
TI-89 series
TI-92 series (including Voyage 200)
TI-73

Contemporary
TI-Nspire
TI-Nspire Reference Guide (English)

See also

External articles

General

  • Chandra, Suresh. Computer Applications in Physics with Fortran and Basic. Pangbourne, England: Alpha Science International, 2003

BCX BASIC

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