List of BASIC dialects: Encyclopedia II - List of BASIC dialects - Dialects

List of BASIC dialects - Dialects

List of BASIC dialects - A

• ABasiC (Amiga) — Relatively limited. Initially provided with Amigas by MetaComCo.
• ABC BASIC (ABC80/800) BASIC for Luxors ABC line of computers.
• ACE (Amiga) — A Compiler for Everyone — A freeware BASIC compiler that is AmigaBASIC compatible and contains extra features, some of which exploit the Amiga's hardware and operating system. [1] [2]
• Advanced BASIC: See 'BASICA'
• Altair BASIC (aka MITS 4K BASIC, MITS 8K BASIC, Altair Disk Extended BASIC) (MITS Altair 8800, S-100) — Microsoft's first product
• Altair Disk Extended BASIC: See 'Altair BASIC'
• Alvyn BASIC (multiplatform) — A free open source multiplatform BASIC interpreter that is fully compatible with Amiga AMOS Professional and is targeted at game development
• Amiga BASIC (Amiga) — Somewhat easier than ABasiC, see MS BASIC for Macintosh.
• AMOS BASIC (Amiga) — A version of BASIC for the Amiga designed for game programming. A descendant of STOS BASIC on the Atari ST. Later derivatives included AMOS Professional (aka AMOS Pro) and Easy AMOS.
• AMOS Professional & AMOS Pro: See 'AMOS BASIC'
• Apple BASIC (Apple I): see: Integer BASIC
• Apple Business BASIC (Apple III)
• Applesoft BASIC (Apple II family) — Based on the same Microsoft code that Commodore BASIC was based on. Standard on the Apple II Plus and Apple II Europlus.
• ASIC (DOS on the PC)
• Atari 2600 Basic Programming (Atari 2600 video game console)
• Atari BASIC (aka Shepardson BASIC) (Atari 8-bit family) — The standard cartridge-based interpreter for the Atari 400 and successors. On Later machines such as the Atari 800XL, this BASIC was built into the ROM.
• Atari Microsoft BASIC (Atari 8-bit family)
• AttoBasic, This is a ROM-resident interpreter that executes from on-chip RAM (Atmel AVR)
• Atom BASIC (Acorn Atom)

List of BASIC dialects - B

• B32 Business Basic (Data General Eclipse MV, Unix, MS-DOS)
• Bas (Unix) — An interpreter for the classic dialect of BASIC [3]
• BASCOM — BASIC compilers for the 8051 and AVR chips
• BASIC A+ (Atari 8-bit family) — An extended BASIC for the Atari 8-bit family, from Optimized Systems Software
• BASIC Advanced: See 'BASICA'
• BASIC XE (Atari 8-bit family) — An enhanced version of BASIC XL, from Optimized Systems Software [4]
• BASIC XL (Atari 8-bit family) — An improved BASIC for the Atari 8-bit family, from Optimized Systems Software [5]
• Bazic '86: See 'Northstar BASIC'
• BASIC-11 (DEC PDP-11, RSX-11)
• BASIC-E (aka submarine BASIC) (CP/M)
• BASIC Plus 2 (DEC PDP-11: RSTS/E, RSX-11)
• BASIC-PLUS (DEC PDP-11: RSTS/E)
• BASIC/UX -- HP BASIC for HP/UX, an implementation of Rocky Mountain BASIC
• BASIC/WS -- HP BASIC Workstation, an implementation of Rocky Mountain BASIC
• BASIC/Z (or ZBASIC) (CP/M, MDOS)
• BASIC09 (OS-9 and OS-9 68K on Motorola 6809 and 68K CPUs, respectively)
• BASICA (aka BASIC Advanced, Advanced BASIC) (DOS on the PC) — Available in ROM on IBM PCs. Later disk based versions for PC-DOS.
• BASICODE (KC85) [6]
• BasiEgaXorz (Sega Genesis) — BASIC for the Sega Genesis [7]
• BBC BASIC — Originally for the Acorn/BBC Micro, but has since been ported to RISC OS, Tiki 100, Cambridge Z88, Amstrad NC100, CP/M, ZX Spectrum, MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows and many others [8]. A GPL clone of BBC BASIC named Brandy written in portable C is also available.
• BBx (Microsoft Windows, Linux, Unix) — Cross-platform application development language derived from Business Basic.
• BlitzBasic (Amiga, Windows) — Fast compiler meant for game programming. Windows version with DirectX support.
• BlitzMAX (Mac OS, Linux, Windows) — Fast and compact compiler meant for Game programming with OpenGL support.
• Blunt Axe Basic (aka BXBASM) (Win32, Linux) [9] [10]
• Business Basic — A name given collectively to the variants of BASIC which were specialised for business use on mini-computers in the 1970s.
• bwBASIC: See 'Bywater BASIC'
• BXBASM: See 'Blunt_Axe_Basic'
• Bywater BASIC (aka bwBASIC) — BASIC interpreter for MS-DOS and POSIX. Is a bit like GWBasic.

List of BASIC dialects - C

• Caché Basic — One of the two scripting languages in the Caché Database
• CBASIC (CP/M, MS-DOS) — Successor of BASIC-E.
• cbasPad Pro: See 'HotPaw Basic'
• CBM BASIC: See 'Commodore BASIC'
• Chinese BASIC: Several Chinese-translated BASIC languages developed in the early 1980s.
• Chipmunk Basic (Apple Macintosh, CLI ports for Win32, GNU/Linux) — copyrighted freeware
• CocoaBasic (Mac OS X) — An object oriented Basic Dialect for using the Cocoa Framework [11]
• Color BASIC (Tandy / Radio Shack TRS-80 Color Computer)
• Commodore BASIC (aka CBM BASIC) (Various computers in CBM's line of 8-bit computers) — Was integrated in the ROM of CBM's 8-bit computers. Built on an early version of 6502 Microsoft BASIC. There were several versions – the most well known was Commodore Basic V2.
• Compaq BASIC for OpenVMS VAX BASIC renamed
• CoolBasic (Windows) — A Finnish variant of BASIC suited for game programming with DirectX. [12] [13] [14]

List of BASIC dialects - D

• DarkBASIC & DarkBASIC Professional (Windows) — Efficient compiler for game programming.
• Dartmouth BASIC — the original version of BASIC. See also True BASIC.
• Data General Business Basic (Data General Nova and later DG minicomputers)
• Data/BASIC: See: 'Pick/BASIC'
• Databasic: See: 'Pick/BASIC'
• DEC BASIC Used to VAX BASIC; renamed after VMS became OpenVMS and Alpha was created

List of BASIC dialects - E

• Easy AMOS: See 'AMOS BASIC'
• Envelop (Windows) — Visual Basic 3 clone.
• ethosBASIC (Windows) — ethosBASIC is a new BASIC development system designed to create computer games [15].
• Extended Color BASIC (TRS-80 Color Computer and Dragon 32/64)

List of BASIC dialects - F

• FaST Basic (Atari ST)
• Famicom BASIC (Nintendo Entertainment System) — BASIC for the Nintendo Entertainment System.
• FBSL (Windows & Linux under WinE) — FREE Basic Script Language [16]
• FREE Basic Script Language: See 'FBSL'
• FreeBASIC (DOS, MS Windows and GNU/Linux) — An almost 100% QuickBASIC compatible Win32 Open source language (GPL)
• FutureBASIC (Mac OS)

List of BASIC dialects - G

• Gambas (Linux / Unix)) — A rapid application development environment for BASIC under Linux KDE from Benoit Minisini. Similar approach as Visual Basic.
• GamesBasic - Free object-oriented BASIC variant meant for game programming.
• GBasic (DOS on the PC) — Interpreter with many graphics routines.
• GeoBASIC (Leica TPS 1000/1100 surveying stations)
• geoBASIC (Commodore 64) — BASIC for use with GEOS
• GFA BASIC (Atari ST, Amiga, MS-DOS, Windows) — Was originally conceived on the Atari ST where it became one of the most popular BASICs for that platform (it almost became a standard programming language for the Atari ST). Was later ported to the Amiga, MS-DOS and Windows.
• Gnome Basic (Linux/Unix) — a project to develop a Visual Basic compatible clone BASIC for Gnome. During the course of development, the project was discontinued, and VB.NET support for Mono was dropped.
• GW-BASIC (DOS on the PC) — BASICA compatible; independent of IBM ROM routines. Came with versions of MS-DOS before 5.0

List of BASIC dialects - H

• HBasic (Linux / Unix)) — Object-oriented open source BASIC IDE. HBasic based on Qt IDE and a BASIC Dialect. Similar approach as Visual Basic.
• HiSoft Basic (Atari ST, ZX Spectrum)
• High Tech BASIC -- Implementation of Rocky Mountain BASIC by TransEra
• HotBasic (Win32, Linux)
• HotPaw Basic (aka yBasic, nee cbasPad Pro) (PalmOS) — Interpreter with GUI and sound funtions. [17]
• HP BASIC -- The original implementation of Rocky Mountain BASIC
• HP Instrument BASIC -- Another name for HP's Rocky Mountain BASIC
• HP BASIC for OpenVMS (derived from DEC BASIC and VAX BASIC)
• HP Time-Sharing BASIC (HP 2100 line of minicomputers)
• HTBasic -- Implementation of Rocky Mountain BASIC by TransEra

List of BASIC dialects - I

• IBasic (Windows) — With Windows API and DirectX support.
• IBM Cassette BASIC (DOS on the PC) — Built in to the first IBM PCs. Ran independently of DOS and used audio cassettes as a storage medium.
• ICPL (Computervision CADDS-2/VLSI) — An interpreter tied in with an integrated circuit design database.
• Integer BASIC (Apple II family) — Steve Wozniak's own creation. Was originally known simply as "Apple BASIC". For the BASICs available at the time, it was extremely fast and memory-efficient. Only supported integers. Came as standard on the Apple I and original Apple II
• iziBasic [18] (PalmOS) — An easy-to-use BASIC compiler that runs on the Palm OS device and produces stand-alone applications. Includes terminal mode and support for Palm OS GUI.

List of BASIC dialects - J

• JustBasic (Windows)

List of BASIC dialects - K

• KBasic (Windows, Linux, Mac OS) — based on Qt. Object-oriented Visual Basic-like and Java-like Basic variant with IDE used for Cross-platform development. Comes in two editions — The free KBasic Personal and non-free KBasic Professional.
• KBasic Personal: See 'KBasic'
• KBasic Professional: See 'KBasic'
• Kool-Bee: See 'KoolB'
• KoolB (short for Kool-Bee) (Windows, Linux) — Open-source BASIC compiler. A minimal compiler build mainly for learning purposes. [19]

List of BASIC dialects - L

• Liberty BASIC (Windows) — a Bytecode-interpreter similar to Visual Basic.
• Locomotive BASIC (Amstrad CPC) — Built into the ROM of the Amstrad CPC.
• LotusScript (Lotus Notes)
• Luxor Basic (Luxor ABC80)

List of BASIC dialects - M

• MAI Basic Four Business Basic (misc. minicomputers)
• Mallard BASIC (Amstrad PCW, ZX Spectrum +3 under CP/M) — Similar to Locomotive BASIC.
• MBASIC (CP/M) — Further development of OBASIC, also from Microsoft. MBasic was one of the BASICs developed from Microsoft. Came with a line editor), that for example ran under CP/M.
• Microsoft BASIC (overview of Microsoft BASIC variants) (many microcomputer platforms)
• Microsoft BASICA: See 'BASICA'
• Microsoft GW-BASIC: See 'GW-BASIC'
• Microsoft Level III BASIC (Tandy / Radio Shack TRS-80)
• Microsoft Visual Basic: See 'Visual Basic'
• MITS 4K BASIC: See 'Altair BASIC'
• MITS 8K BASIC: See 'Altair BASIC'
• Mobile BASIC (Java enabled mobile phones)
• MOLE Basic (DOS on the PC) — Merty's Own Language Extension BASIC.
• Moonrock Basic Compiler (DOS on the PC) — Small compiler.
• MS BASIC for Macintosh (Mac OS)
• MSX BASIC (MSX)

List of BASIC dialects - N

• N88-BASIC (Old NEC PC8801/9801) — Japan's most popular BASIC based on Microsoft's one.
• NorthStar BASIC (Processor Technology, NorthStar Horizon, later adapted to x86 as Bazic '86)
• NS Basic (PalmOS) — IDE and Bytecode-interpreter.

List of BASIC dialects - O

• OBASIC (CP/M) — From Microsoft.
• Omikron Basic (Atari ST, Mac OS) — Was originally developed for the Atari ST. In Germany it was bundled with new Atari STs for a long time. Was later ported to Mac OS and was further developed for Mac OS X.
• OWBasic (Pocketviewer (CASIO pda)) — Fast compiler/interpreter system, Open Source [20]

List of BASIC dialects - P

• Parrot BASIC — An implementation of BASIC for the Parrot virtual machine. Version 1.0 is modeled after GW-BASIC. Version 2.0 is modeled after Microsoft's QuickBASIC version 4.5 [21]
• PBASIC — A BASIC designed for use with the BASIC Stamp microcontroller
• Phoenix Object Basic (Linux / Unix)) — A free BASIC that includes a GUI builder.
• PIC BASIC — BASIC designed for use with microcontrollers
• Pick/BASIC (aka Data/BASIC, Databasic) (Pick Operating System) — an extended basic language integrated in the Pick database and variations of it.
• PowerBasic (MSDOS, Win32) — Efficient commercial basic compiler for DOS and Windows (successor of Turbo BASIC) — With Compiler.
• Profan (Windows) — A user friendly interpreted language.
• ProvideX (Microsoft Windows, Linux, Unix) — Cross-platform application development language derived from Business Basic.
• PSX Chipmunk BASIC (Sony PlayStation) — BASIC for the Sony PlayStation.
• PureBasic (Microsoft Windows, Linux, AmigaOS and Mac OS (in development)) — Cross-platform application development language. Fast compiled basic with many functions.

List of BASIC dialects - Q

• QBASIC (DOS on the PC) — Came with versions of MS-DOS from 5.0 to 6.22.
• QuickBasic (DOS on the PC) — Extended QBasic variant (to be more precise, QBasic is a reduced QuickBasic) . Was the commercial version of Qbasic. Came with a compiler.

List of BASIC dialects - R

• RapidQ (Windows, Linux, Solaris/Sparc and HP/UX) — A free BASIC that borrowed from Visual Basic. Useful for graphical surfaces. Works to a large extent with QuickBasic instructions. (Cross-platform, free, no longer being developed). Semi-OO interpreter. Includes RAD IDE.
• REALbasic (Macintosh, Mac OS X, Linux and Windows) — Platform independent BASIC. Object-oriented Visual Basic-like Basic variant.
• Revelation BASIC (DOS on the PC)
• Rocky Mountain BASIC -- created by HP to control instruments through HP-IB

List of BASIC dialects - S

• SAM BASIC (SAM Coupé)
• ScriptBasic (Win32 and GNU/Linux) — a scripting language variant of BASIC. Released under the Lesser General Public License aka LGPL
• sdlBasic free multiplatform BASIC. Based on the core of wxBasic, but uses the SDL library.
• Sharp BASIC (Sharp pocket computers)
• Shepardson BASIC: 'See Atari BASIC'
• Sinclair BASIC (ZX80, ZX81/TS1000, ZX Spectrum)
• SmallBASIC (DOS, PalmOS, Windows, Linux etc.) — A small Open source GPL-ed BASIC interpreter.
• SmartBASIC (Coleco Adam)
• Spectacle BASIC (Microsoft Windows - can be recompiled for Mac OS X, Linux and AmigaOS) an open source, interpreted language.
• ST BASIC (Atari ST) — The BASIC that came with the Atari ST
• StarBasic: See 'StarOffice Basic'
• StarOffice Basic (aka StarBasic) (OpenOffice.org, StarOffice)
• STOS BASIC (Atari ST) — A version of BASIC for the Atari ST designed for game programming. Predecessor of AMOS BASIC on the Amiga.
• Submarine BASIC: See 'BASIC-E'
• SuperBasic (Sinclair QL)

List of BASIC dialects - T

• THEOS Multi-User Basic (THEOS operating system)
• TI BASIC (note: no hyphen) (Texas Instruments TI-99/4A)
• TI Extended BASIC (Texas Instruments TI-99/4A)
• TI-BASIC (note: hyphen) (Texas Instruments programmable calculators)
• Tiger-BASIC — High Speed Multitasking BASIC for microcontrollers of the BASIC-Tiger family.
• Tiny BASIC (any microcomputer, but mostly implemented on early S-100 machines) -- A minimalist version of BASIC whose source was smaller than this article, used on low-memory platforms.
• TRS-80 Level  I BASIC (TRS-80) — based on TinyBASIC
• TRS-80 Level II BASIC (Tandy / Radio Shack TRS-80) — based on Microsoft BASIC
• True BASIC (MS-DOS, MS Windows, Mac OS, Linux, Unix) — A direct descendant of the original BASIC – Dartmouth BASIC. Marketed by the creators of BASIC. Strictly standards-compliant.
• Turbo Basic (DOS on the PC) — A commercial BASIC compiler for DOS from Borland. (successor of BASIC/Z) (see PowerBASIC)
• Turbo Basic XL (Atari 8-bit family) — A freeware BASIC interpreter and compiler for the Atari 8-bit family — based on ATARI BASIC. Even the 'slow' Turbo-BASIC interpreter was about four times as fast as the built in BASIC. Written by Frank Ostrowski — the person who would go on to develop GfA-BASIC. Came from Happy Computer.
• Tymshare SuperBasic (SDS 940)

List of BASIC dialects - U

• UBASIC (DOS on the PC) — Interpreter with many mathematical routines. Strong emphasis on number theory. Can work with many-digit numbers, complex numbers.

List of BASIC dialects - V

• VAX BASIC DEC's BASIC-Plus-2 ported to VAX/VMS
• VBA: See 'Visual Basic for Applications'
• VBS: See 'Visual Basic Script'
• VBScript: See 'Visual Basic Script'
• Vilnius BASIC (Elektronika BK-0010-01 and BK-0011M computers)
• Visual Basic (Windows) — Microsoft's object oriented Basic-Variant. A dialect with a rapid application development for BASIC.
• Visual Basic .NET (Windows) — implementation within the .NET-Framework from Microsoft.
• Visual Basic for Applications (aka VBA) (MS Office on MS Windows and Apple Macintosh)
• Visual Basic Script (aka VBS, VBScript) — A subset of Visual Basic used in ASP and in WSH as a general-purpose scripting language. VBScript is often used as a replacement for DOS batch files.

List of BASIC dialects - W

• Watcom Basic — A BASIC dialect from Watcom International Corporation
• WordBasic (versions of MS Word before MS Word 97)
• wxBasic is an open source GPL BASIC interpreter based on the platform independent wxWidgets toolkit library. For Linux, MacOS-X and Windows.

List of BASIC dialects - X

• XBasic (Windows, Linux) — Open Source-compiler with a GUI-designer

List of BASIC dialects - Y

• Yabasic (Linux, Windows and PlayStation 2) — Small interpreter. (GPL)
• yBasic: See 'HotPaw Basic'

List of BASIC dialects - Z

• ZBasic See 'BASIC/Z'. Also, a BASIC dialect for the ZX microcontroller family.

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