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A decent candidate for a BASIC dialect which includes 'the basics' (e.g. GOSUB for backwards compatibility with OLD programs) as well as a long-developed (since

A decent candidate for a BASIC dialect which includes 'the basics' (e.g. GOSUB for backwards compatibility with OLD programs) as well as a long-developed (since 2004) set of modern enhancements (objects, named functions, ...) : https://www.freebasic.net/ https://www.freebasic.net/ Free, open-source, multi-platform.

cr0sh 8y ago
Gotta also mention QB64 here: https://www.qb64.org/ https://www.qb64.org/ Same thing - free, open source, multi-platform Also - a couple for Android: Mintoris Basic - http://www.mintoris.com/ http://www.mintoris.com/ (not open source) RFO BASIC! - http://rfo-basic.com/ http://rfo-basic.com/ (open source) Can you tell I like BASIC? While I don't code in it for anything but fun and toying, it's what I learned on in the 1980s (Microsoft BASIC for the TRS-80 Color Computer 2). Also played a lot with Applesoft BASIC on the Apple IIe in high school. Later I moved on to QBasic 1.1, QuickBasic 4.5 and PowerBasic 3.2. My first software development job, about a year after high school, was using PICK BASIC (in the form of UniVERSE on the IBM RS6000 running AIX - my first exposure to UNIX). Then on my Amiga with AmigaBASIC (IIRC?) then later AMOS... I've toyed around with PBASIC (for the BASIC Stamp microcontroller). Still holds a special place in my heart...
- WorldMaker 8y ago
  Small BASIC is maybe the "biggest" one you missed I'm aware of: https://smallbasic-publicwebsite.azurewebsites.net/ https://smallbasic-publicwebsite.azurewebsites.net/ (It's good that Microsoft still has a BASIC out there that you can point kids at. BASIC was Microsoft's first product and absolutely left a legacy across the decades.) Also, I feel that as long as schools continue to require Texas Instruments graphing calculators for tests, that TI-BASIC will probably long have a place for teenage experiments when bored in classes.
Moru 8y ago
Or GLBasic that just was released on Steam.

cr0sh 8y ago

Gotta also mention QB64 here: https://www.qb64.org/ https://www.qb64.org/ Same thing - free, open source, multi-platform Also - a couple for Android: Mintoris Basic - http://www.mintoris.com/ http://www.mintoris.com/ (not open source) RFO BASIC! - http://rfo-basic.com/ http://rfo-basic.com/ (open source) Can you tell I like BASIC? While I don't code in it for anything but fun and toying, it's what I learned on in the 1980s (Microsoft BASIC for the TRS-80 Color Computer 2). Also played a lot with Applesoft BASIC on the Apple IIe in high school. Later I moved on to QBasic 1.1, QuickBasic 4.5 and PowerBasic 3.2. My first software development job, about a year after high school, was using PICK BASIC (in the form of UniVERSE on the IBM RS6000 running AIX - my first exposure to UNIX). Then on my Amiga with AmigaBASIC (IIRC?) then later AMOS... I've toyed around with PBASIC (for the BASIC Stamp microcontroller). Still holds a special place in my heart...

WorldMaker 8y ago
Small BASIC is maybe the "biggest" one you missed I'm aware of: https://smallbasic-publicwebsite.azurewebsites.net/ https://smallbasic-publicwebsite.azurewebsites.net/ (It's good that Microsoft still has a BASIC out there that you can point kids at. BASIC was Microsoft's first product and absolutely left a legacy across the decades.) Also, I feel that as long as schools continue to require Texas Instruments graphing calculators for tests, that TI-BASIC will probably long have a place for teenage experiments when bored in classes.

Moru 8y ago

Or GLBasic that just was released on Steam.