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List of BASIC dialects
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This is an alphabetical list of BASIC dialects — interpreter (computing)|interpreted and compiler|compiled variants of the BASIC programming language. Each dialect's platform(s), i.e., the computer models and operating systems, are given in parentheses along with any other significant information.
Dialects
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; 1771-DB BASIC
: Allen-Bradley Programmable logic controller|PLC industrial controller BASIC module; Intel Corporation|Intel BASIC-52 extended with PLC-specific calls.
; 64K BASIC
: Cross-platform, interactive, open-source license|open-source interpreter for microcomputer BASIC, written in Rust (programming language)|Rust.[Error: File not found: cite web|url=http://www.basic-lang.org |title=64K BASIC |publisher=David Turnbull |date=2020-04-18 |access-date=2020-04-18]
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; ABasiC (Amiga)
: Relatively limited. Initially provided with Amiga computers by MetaComCo.
; ABC BASIC
: designed for the ABC 80 and ABC 800 line of computers designed by Dataindustrier AB and manufactured by Luxor AB (including ABC 802, ABC 806 etc.).
; ACE (BASIC)|ACE (Amiga)
: A Compiler for Everyone — Freeware, AmigaBASIC compatible, has extra features, some of which exploit the Amiga's hardware and operating system.[Error: File not found: cite web |url=http://www.users.on.net/~dbenn/docs/aadicts.html |title=ACE: A Compiler for Everyone |last=Benn |first=David |date=April 1994 |access-date=2012-10-08]
;Advan BASIC
: For the Atari home computer, disk based, containing BASIC, compiler, screen design and utilities. Released to public domain July, 2006[Error: File not found: Cite web|url=http://www.abbuc.de/news-feeds-component/1029-1029|title=Advan BASIC released to public domain - ABBUC - Atari Bit Byter User Club e.V.|last=Bertelmann|first=Andreas|website=www.abbuc.de|language=de-de|access-date=2017-10-10]
;Advanced BASIC
: (a.k.a. BASIC Advanced, Advanced BASIC) (DOS on the PC) by Microsoft. Available in ROM on IBM PCs. Later disk based versions for IBM PC DOS.
; AlphaBasic
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; Altair BASIC
: (a.k.a. MITS 4K BASIC, MITS 8K BASIC, Altair Disk Extended BASIC) (Altair 8800, S-100 bus|S-100) — Microsoft's first product
; Altair Disk Extended BASIC
: See Altair BASIC
; AmigaBASIC|Amiga BASIC (Amiga)
: Somewhat easier than ABasiC, see MS BASIC for Macintosh.
; AmiBlitz (Amiga)
: Open-source version of Blitz BASIC.[Error: File not found: cite web |url=http://www.amiblitz.de/ |title=AmiBlitz |language=de |access-date=2016-03-16]
; AMOS BASIC (Amiga)
: For the Amiga, made for game programming. A descendant of STOS BASIC on the Atari ST. Later derivatives included AMOS Professional (a.k.a. AMOS Pro) and Easy AMOS.
: [https://www.aoz.studio/ AOZ Studio (PC, Mac, Smartphones,...)] A new version on steroid for modern machines generating JS/Html. Now in final beta after 2.5 years of R&D.
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; BASIC#Standards|ANSI
: Standard for the programming language Minimal BASIC X3.60-1978, a 1978 standard for minimal features, and X3.113-1987, the full BASIC standard; rarely implemented fully.
; Apple BASIC (Apple I)
: See: Integer BASIC
; Apple Business BASIC (Apple III)
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; Applesoft BASIC (Apple II series)
: Based on the same Microsoft code that Commodore BASIC was based on. Standard on the Apple II Plus/Apple II Europlus and all later models of the Apple II family.
; ARMbasic
: BASIC compiler for ARM processors, ported to a number of popular ARM development PCBs.
; APU BASIC
: version of SORD CBASIC for the M23 with arithmetic processor
; Aribas[Error: File not found: Cite web|url=http://www.mathematik.uni-muenchen.de/~forster/sw/aribas.html|title = Forster: Aribas]
: interactive interpreter for big integer arithmetic and multi-precision floating point arithmetic with a Pascal/Modula-like syntax. It has several builtin functions for algorithmic number theory like gcd, Jacobi symbol, Rabin probabilistic prime test, factorization algorithms (Pollard rho, elliptic curve, continued fraction, quadratic sieve), etc.
; ASIC programming language|ASIC
: (DOS on the IBM PC compatible|PC)
; Assembler
:PICAXE chip language
;BASIC Programming|Atari 2600 Basic Programming
: (Atari 2600 video game console)
; [https://atariage.com/forums/topic/310834-disk-extended-supercharger-basic/ SuperCharger Disk BASIC] (Atari 2600 video game console)
: Starpath Supercharger|StarPath SuperCharger cartridge plus disk-based extensions.[Error: File not found: Cite web|title=Magazine de jeu video Côté Gamers Vol.5|url=https://cotegamers.com/shop/fr/magazines/19-cote-gamers-vol5.html|access-date=2021-03-06|website=Côté Gamers|language=fr][Error: File not found: Cite web|title=Virtual World BASIC for the Atari 2600|url=http://relationalframework.com/vwBASIC.htm|access-date=2021-03-06|website=relationalframework.com]
;Atari BASIC (Atari 8-bit family)
: The standard cartridge-based interpreter for the Atari 8-bit family|Atari 400/800 personal computers and successors. On later machines, such as the Atari 800XL, this was built into the ROM.
; Atari Microsoft BASIC (Atari 8-bit family)
: ROM cartridge plus disk-based extensions.
; American Telephone & Telegraph|AT&T
: interpreter and compiler for the AT&T UNIX PC (3B1).
; AttoBasic
: ROM-resident interpreter, executes from on-chip RAM (Atmel AVR)[Error: File not found: cite web |url=http://www.cappels.org/dproj/AttoBasic2_1/AttoBasic_2.1_with_USB_and_Arduino_support.html |title=AttoBasic Version 2.1 support Mega88/168/328 & 32U4 (USB and UART I/O) |access-date=2012-10-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120617134933/http://www.cappels.org/dproj/AttoBasic2_1/AttoBasic_2.1_with_USB_and_Arduino_support.html |archive-date=2012-06-17 |url-status=dead ]
; Atom BASIC (Acorn Atom)
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; AutoIt (Microsoft Windows)
: automates other programs, e.g. with simulated mouse clicks. Interpreted. GUI. Creates EXEs.
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; B32 Business Basic
: (Data General Eclipse MV, Unix, DOS)
; BaCon (programming language)|BaCon
: (Unix, Berkeley Software Distribution|BSD, Mac OS X) — Basic to C converter implemented both in BaCon(for good performance) and shell script(for bootstrapping).[Error: File not found: cite web |url=http://www.basic-converter.org/ |title=BaCon |access-date=2012-10-08]
; BAIT
: short for BASIC (Almost) InTerpreter was an experimental BASIC interpreter written in Atari (8-bit) BASIC for Compute! Magazine by Bill Wilkinson.
; Bas (BASIC)|Bas
: (Unix) — Interpreter for the classic BASIC dialect[Error: File not found: cite web |url=http://www.moria.de/~michael/bas/ |title=Bas 2.3 |access-date=2012-10-08]
; Bas7
: (Unix, Linux, Berkeley Software Distribution|BSD, Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X) A BASIC interpreter, written in Seed7, which is compatible to GW-BASIC and other old BASIC dialects[Error: File not found: cite web |url=http://seed7.sourceforge.net/scrshots/bas7.htm |title=Bas7 |access-date=2012-10-08]
; Banna Basic
: (Microsoft Windows) — putatively under development by Leodescal Softwares; the first officially launched version is supposed to produce stand-alone executables
; MBASIC|BASCOM
: Compilers for the 8051 and Atmel AVR|AVR chips
; Basic+
: programming language for OpenInsight
; BASIC 2.0
: (see Commodore BASIC)
; BASIC 7.0
: (see Commodore BASIC)
; BASIC A+
: (Atari 8-bit family) — An extended BASIC for the Atari 8-bit family, by Optimized Systems Software
; BASIC Advanced
: See IBM BASICA
; BASIC Programming
: (Atari CX-2620) was a simple attempt of the BASIC language for the Atari 2600 Video Computer System
; Optimized Systems Software|BASIC XE
: (Atari 8-bit family) — An enhanced version of BASIC XL, by Optimized Systems Software[Error: File not found: cite web |url=http://www.atariarchives.org/cfn/05/10/0018.php |title=BASIC XL, BASIC XE / programming / commercial |date=18 January 1992 |access-date=2012-10-08]
; Optimized Systems Software|BASIC XL
: (Atari 8-bit family) — Improved BASIC for the Atari 8-bit family, by Optimized Systems Software
; Basic4GL
: Fast interpreter meant for OpenGL graphical programming, especially games
; BASIC-11
: (Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC PDP-11, RSX-11)
; Basic-256
: (Microsoft Windows, Linux, Unix) — BASIC IDE with text and graphics output, written to introduce children to programming. Originally known as KidBASIC.[Error: File not found: cite web |url=http://www.basic256.org/ |title=Basic-256 |access-date=2012-10-08]
; BASIC-52
: BASIC for the Intel MCS-51|Intel 8052 microcontroller chip
; BASIC-68K
: structured BASIC for the SORD M68/M68MX computers running in CP/M-68K mode
; BASIC-E
: (a.k.a. submarine BASIC) (CP/M)
; BASIC-II
: structured BASIC for 8-bit SORD computers
; VSI BASIC for OpenVMS|BASIC Plus 2
: (DEC PDP-11: RSTS/E, RSX-11)
; BASIC-PLUS
: (DEC PDP-11: RSTS/E)
; Rocky Mountain BASIC|BASIC/UX
: HP BASIC for HP-UX, version of Rocky Mountain BASIC
; Rocky Mountain BASIC|BASIC/WS
: HP BASIC Workstation
; BASIC/Z
: (CP/M, MDOS)
; BASIC09
: (OS-9 and OS-9 68K on Motorola 6809 and Motorola 68000 family|68K Central processing unit|CPUs, respectively)
; IBM BASICA|BASICA
: (a.k.a. BASIC Advanced, Advanced BASIC) (DOS on the IBM PC compatible|PC) by Microsoft. Available in Read-only memory|ROM on IBM PCs. Later disk based versions for IBM PC DOS.
; BASICODE
: (KC 85) :de:BASICODE
; Basic For Qt
: (Mac OS X, Linux and Microsoft Windows|Windows) — Platform independent BASIC. Object-oriented Visual Basic (classic)|Visual Basic-like Basic variant. Based on Qt. (previously, KBASIC)[Error: File not found: cite web |url=http://www.q7basic.org/ |title=Basic For Qt|access-date=2013-01-31]
; BasiEgaXorz
: (Sega Genesis) — for the Sega Genesis[Error: File not found: cite web |url=http://devster.monkeeh.com/sega/basiegaxorz/ |title=BasiEgaXorz |access-date=2012-10-08]
; Batari Basic|batari BASIC
: version primarily used for Atari 2600 homebrew|homebrew Atari 2600 development.[Error: File not found: cite web |url=http://bataribasic.com/ |title=batari Basic |publisher=batari Basic |date=2007-02-14 |access-date=2009-06-10]
; BBC BASIC
: Originally for the Acorn Computers|Acorn/BBC Micro, but has since been ported to RISC OS, Tiki 100, Cambridge Z88, Amstrad NC100, CP/M, ZX Spectrum, DOS, Microsoft Windows and many others.[Error: File not found: cite web |url=http://www.mdfs.net/Software/BBCBasic/ |title=BBC BASIC |access-date=2012-10-08] A GNU General Public License|GPL clone of BBC BASIC named Brandy[Error: File not found: cite web |url=http://jaguar.orpheusweb.co.uk/branpage.html |title=Brandy |access-date=2012-10-08] written in portable C (programming language)|C is also available (RISC OS, NetBSD, OpenBSD, FreeBSD, Linux, Mac OS X, AmigaOS, DOS). Also a port made for the Commodore 64 by Aztec Software, written by Julian Gardner.
; Bazic '86
: See Northstar BASIC
; BBx
: (Microsoft Windows, Linux, Unix) — Cross-platform program development language derived from Business Basic.
; BCX
: small command line tool that inputs a BCX BASIC source code file and outputs a 'C' source code file which can be compiled with many C or C++ compilers.
; BEOWULF
: {Beginner Extended Object with Ultra Language Functionality}[[http://sourceforge.net/projects/beowulfpython/?source=directory SourceForge]Error: File not found: dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes ]
; Beta BASIC
: BASIC toolkit that extended Sinclair BASIC.
; BetterBASIC
: BASIC implementation by Summit Software Technologies, first available in the early 1980s. It was later maintained by Michael Poremski.
; BI-280
: Business BASIC interpreter (CP/M, MP/M) by Control C Corporation, Beaverton, Oregon.
; Blitz3D
: (Microsoft Windows) Fast compiler made for 3D game programming, with DirectX 7 support.
; Blitz BASIC
: (Amiga, Microsoft Windows|Windows) — Fast compiler meant for game programming. Windows version with DirectX support. Discontinued, replaced by BlitzPlus.
; BlitzMax
: (macOS, Linux, Microsoft Windows|Windows) — Fast and compact object-oriented compiler meant for several tasks, most notably Game programming with OpenGL and DirectX support (DirectX support is Microsoft Windows|Windows only).
; BlitzPlus
: (Microsoft Windows) Fast compiler made for 2D game programming and WinAPI event based interpreted programming. Supports both DirectX and OpenGL.
; Blunt Axe Basic
: (a.k.a. BXBASM) (Win32, Linux)[Error: File not found: cite web |url=http://sites.google.com/site/bluntaxebasic/tutor/ |title=bluntaxebasic |access-date=2012-10-08] Bxbasic is presented as a programming tutorial, to develop and construct a Console Mode Scripting Engine and Byte Code Compiler.
;BS Basic
:Used on the Bandai RX-78 computer
; Bsisith
: Hebrew dialect.
; BT-Basic
: Board Test Basic, used by Hewlett-Packard|HP (later Agilent Technologies|Agilent, then Keysight) to develop and run test programs in an in-circuit test environment
; Basic Using Reverse Polish|BURP
: Basic Using Reverse Polish notation|Reverse Polish, used by the very early PSI Comp 80 (computer)|PSI Comp 80 "scientific computer", as published in the British radio enthusiasts magazine Wireless World
; Business Basic
: name given collectively to BASIC variants which were specialized for business use on minicomputers in the 1970s.
; bwBASIC
: See Bywater BASIC
; BWBASIC
: "ByteWide BASIC", a stand-alone Z-80 bitwise port of Tiny BASIC - co developed by Pro-Log Corporation and ByteWide Systems, Australia. Intended for control applications.
; BXBASM
: See Blunt_Ane_Basic
; Bywater BASICError: File not found: Dead link|date=July 2022
: (a.k.a. bwBASIC) — an Open-source license|open source interpreter for DOS and POSIX. Bwbasic contains only a small portion of the ANSI BASIC commands. Its main advantage is that one can also use shell commands in programs, an unusual feature in any BASIC implementation. It could theoretically be used as the main shell on a DOS or POSIX system, with some advantages.[Error: File not found: cite web|url=http://www.bwbasic.at/ |title=Title unknown |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111123041014/http://www.bwbasic.at/ |archive-date=November 23, 2011 ]
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; CA-Realizer
: dialect similar to VisualBasic by Computer Associates, last version 3.0, no longer under development/supported
; Caché Basic
: One of the two scripting languages in the InterSystems Caché|Caché Database
; CARDBASIC
: version of BASIC operated by cards available in Dartmouth when that language was created and described in the original manual
; Casio BASIC
: used in Casio calculators
; Cassette BASIC
: An interpreter on IBM and IBM compatible PCs to which the machine will default if no operating system is detected.
; CBASIC (CP/M, DOS)
: BASIC-E successor.
; CBASIC
: standard interpreter for 8-bit SORD computers (M23, M68 in Z80 mode, etc.), a.k.a. APU BASIC when the arithmetic processor is installed
; cbasPad Pro
: See HotPaw Basic
; CBM BASIC
: See Commodore BASIC
; CellularBASIC
: Java ME Open-source license|open source on-phone mobile interpreter for Java-enabled handheld devices, mobiles, smartphones, and PDAs
; Chinese BASIC
: Several Non-English-based programming languages|Chinese-translated BASIC languages developed in the early 1980s.
; Chipmunk Basic
: (Apple Macintosh, CLI ports for Win32, Linux) — copyrighted freeware
; CGIbasic
: small and fast interpreter for web-scripting.
; CipherLab Basic
: tool to develop application programs for CipherLab 8 Series Mobile Computers using BASIC programming language
; CocoaBasic
: (Mac OS X) — Object-oriented dialect for using the Cocoa (API)|Cocoa Framework[Error: File not found: cite web |url=http://www.dsitri.de/projects/CocoaBasic/ |title=CocoaBasic |access-date=2012-10-08]
; CognosScript
: (IBM Corporation Cognos) Similar to Visual Basic, used in Cognos business intelligence applications.
; Color BASIC
: (Tandy Corporation|Tandy / RadioShack TRS-80 Color Computer)
; Commodore BASIC
: (a.k.a. CBM BASIC) (Various computers in Commodore International|CBM's line of 8-bit computers) — Was integrated in the ROM of Commodore International|CBM's 8-bit computers. Built on an early version of 6502 Microsoft BASIC. There were several versions — the best-known was Commodore Basic V2, as used in the Commodore 64.
; VSI BASIC for OpenVMS|Compaq BASIC for OpenVMS
: DEC BASIC, renamed after Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC was acquired by Compaq. Now called VSI BASIC for OpenVMS.
; CoolBasic
: (Microsoft Windows|Windows) — A variant suited for game programming with DirectX.[Error: File not found: cite web |url=http://www.coolbasic.com/ |title=CoolBasic |access-date=2012-10-08][Error: File not found: cite web|url=http://www.coolbasic.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=4 |title=Title unknown |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050406044549/http://www.coolbasic.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=4 |archive-date=April 6, 2005 ] :fi:Coolbasic
; CPX-Basic
: (Atari ST) — An enhanced port of Chipmunk Basic running as a control panel inside Atari's XControl.
; Creative Basic
: (Windows)[Error: File not found: cite web |url=http://www.ionicwind.com/ |title=IonicWind Software |access-date=2012-10-08]
; Cubloc Basic
: (Comfile Technologies) — Interpreter for the Cubloc controller
; (Cybiko)
: Interpreter for the Cybiko Handheld Computer for Teens
; Cybiko B2C
: (Cybiko) — A BASIC to C compiler for the Cybiko Handheld Computer for Teens
; Cypress BASIC
: (Windows) — a royalty-free VBA compatible scripting engine embedded, e.g., within Hewlett-Packard|HP's AssetCenter product for implementing customizations[Error: File not found: cite web |url=http://www.cypressinc.com/proddes.htm |title=Cypress Enable |access-date=2012-10-08]
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; D3/Pick
: See: Pick/BASIC for use on the Pick Operating System
; DAI BASIC
: a very early BASIC interpreter for the Intel 8080 based DAI Personal Computer that used java-like pre-compilation.
; DarkBASIC & DarkBASIC Professional
: (Microsoft Windows|Windows) — Efficient compiler for game programming.
; Dartmouth BASIC
: the original BASIC version. It was a compiler. Later versions included MAT statements for matrix operations. See also True BASIC.
; Data General Business Basic
: (Data General Nova and later DG minicomputers)
; Data/BASIC
: See: Pick/BASIC for use on the Pick Operating System
; Databasic
: See: Pick/BASIC for use on the Pick Operating System
; DBASIC
: fast nonstandard BASIC for the Atari ST written entirely in machine language
; VSI BASIC for OpenVMS|DEC BASIC
: Formerly VAX BASIC; renamed after OpenVMS|VAX/VMS was ported to DEC Alpha|Alpha processors and renamed OpenVMS. Now called VSI BASIC for OpenVMS due to corporate acquisitions.
; Decimal BASIC
: Japanese multi-platform Basic interpreter[[http://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA008683/english/ Decimal BASIC home]] compatible almost 100% with ISO/IEC 10279:Full BASIC 1991 or later
; Dr. T's T-BASIC
: (Atari ST) — A BASIC variant for the ST designed specifically to interface with a high-end MIDI sequencer.
; DragonBASIC
: for Game Boy Advance|GBA handheld video game; also useful for Nintendo DS homebrew.[Error: File not found: cite web|url=http://db.zhilaware.starfusion.org/ |title=Title unknown |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090224154849/http://db.zhilaware.starfusion.org/ |archive-date=February 24, 2009 ] Dragon Basic is a sort of cross-compiler with IDE that runs on Microsoft Windows.
; D-Lib
: for (Microsoft Windows) is a Freeware BASIC compiler that creates bytecode executables.
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; Easy AMOS
: See AMOS BASIC
; Emergence Basic
: (Microsoft Windows|Windows)
; Envelop Basic
: (Microsoft Windows|Windows) — Visual Basic (classic)|Visual Basic 3 clone (computing)|clone.
; Envision Basic
; [https://neon.epson-europe.com/robots/?content=689 Epson SPEL+]
: (Microsoft Windows|Windows) — SPEL+ is a BASIC-like programming language that runs in the Epson robot controllers. It supports multitasking, motion control, and I/O control.
; ESP8266 BASIC
: (ESP8266|ESP8266 and NodeMCU) - An open-source basic interpreter specifically tailored for the internet of things. Self-hosting browser-based development environment.
; ethosBASIC
: (Microsoft Windows|Windows) — ethosBASIC is a new BASIC development system made to create computer games.[Error: File not found: cite web |url=http://www.ethosbasic.com/ |title=ethosBASIC |access-date=2012-10-08]
; Extended Color BASIC
: (TRS-80 Color Computer and Dragon 32/64)
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; FaST Basic
: (Atari ST)
; Famicom BASIC
: (Nintendo Entertainment System) — For the Nintendo Entertainment System.
; FBSL
: (Microsoft Windows|Windows, Linux on Wine (software)|WinE) — FREESTYLE Basic Script Language[Error: File not found: cite web |url=http://www.fbsl.net/phpbb2/index.php |title=FBSL Freestyle Basic Script Language |access-date=2012-10-08]
; FirST Basic
: (Atari ST)
; FreeBASIC
: (DOS (DPMI32), MS Windows and Linux) — An Open-source license|open source (GNU General Public License|GPL) BASIC compiler, that employs a similar syntax to QuickBASIC's, with more advanced features like pointer (computer programming)|pointers and object-oriented programming, it also supports a dialect specially designed to be compatible with QuickBASIC.
; FutureBASIC
: (Mac OS) — Free compiled, procedural, provides access to Carbon API (Mac OS Toolbox), GUI and file system of System 6 to Mac OS X[Wikibooks:Futurebasic]
; FUZE BASIC
: (MS Windows and Linux) — Highly modernized adaptation of classic BASIC.
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; Galaksija BASIC
: (Galaksija (computer)|Galaksija) — Firmware version for Galaksija home computer.
; Gambas
: (Linux / Unix / Cygwin) — A rapid application development environment for BASIC on Linux by Benoît Minisini. Similar approach as Visual Basic (classic)|Visual Basic.
; GamesBasic
: Free object-oriented programming|object-oriented BASIC variant meant for game programming.
; GBasic
: (DOS on the IBM PC compatible|PC) — Interpreter with many computer graphics|graphics routines.
; GBasic
: ( on the ZVT PP 01) — Interpreter with many graphics routines, Made in Czechoslovakia 80's
; G-BASIC
: version of SORD CBASIC with SORD Graphic Language extensions for the M23 with graphics board
; GeoBASIC (Leica)|GeoBASIC
: (Leica Geosystems|Leica TPS 1000/1100 total station|surveying stations)
; geoBASIC (GEOS)|geoBASIC
: (Commodore 64) — For use with GEOS (8-bit operating system)|GEOS
; GFA BASIC
: (Atari ST, Amiga, DOS, Windows) — Originally conceived on the Atari ST where it became one of the most popular BASICs for that platform (it almost became a standard language for the Atari ST). Was later porting|ported to the Amiga, DOS and Microsoft Windows|Windows.
; GLBasic
: (main target platforms: Microsoft Windows|Windows, Linux, iPhone|Apple iPhone, Pocket PC. IDE environment: Windows) — optimized for games
; Gnome Basic
: (Linux/Unix) — project to develop a Visual Basic (classic)|Visual Basic compatible clone (computing)|clone for Gnome. During development, the project was discontinued.
; Graphics BASIC
: (Commodore 64) — extension to the original Commodore 64 BASIC V2.
; Great Cow BASIC
: (Microchip PIC microcontroller|PIC) — Open source compiler for 8-bit architecture PIC and AVR microcontrollers.
; GW-BASIC
: (DOS and Microsoft Windows|Windows) by Microsoft. IBM BASICA|BASICA compatible; independent of IBM ROM routines. Came with versions of MS-DOS before 5.0. Included music macro language and advanced loops.
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; HBasic
: (Linux / Unix) — Object-oriented Open-source license|open source integrated development environment|IDE. HBasic based on Qt (toolkit)|Qt IDE and a BASIC dialect. Similar approach as Visual Basic (classic)|Visual Basic.
; HiSoft Basic
: (Amiga, Atari ST, ZX Spectrum)
; High Tech BASIC
: Version of Rocky Mountain BASIC by TransEra
; HotBasic
: (Win32, Linux) — Simple but powerful compiler, emits machine code. Supports GUI, console, CGI, and database programming.
; HotPaw Basic programming language|HotPaw Basic
: (a.k.a. yBasic, née cbasPad Pro) (Palm OS) — Interpreter with Graphical user interface|GUI and sound functions.[Error: File not found: cite web |url=http://www.hotpaw.com/rhn/hotpaw/#1 |title=HotPaw apps for iPhone and iPad |access-date=2012-10-14]
; Rocky Mountain BASIC|HP BASIC
: The original Version of Rocky Mountain BASIC
; Rocky Mountain BASIC|HP Instrument BASIC
: Another name for HP Rocky Mountain BASIC
; HRAST-BASIC
: For HP-48G/G+/GX, HP-49G and HP-49G+/50G calculators.
; VSI BASIC for OpenVMS|HP BASIC for OpenVMS
: Originally VAX BASIC; renamed to Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC BASIC after VAX/VMS was ported from VAX to DEC Alpha|Alpha processors; renamed to Compaq BASIC after Compaq acquired DEC; renamed to HP BASIC for OpenVMS name after HP acquired Compaq. Now known as VSI BASIC for OpenVMS.
; HP Basic
: version on the HP 39 and 40 programmable calculators.
; HP Time-Shared BASIC
: (HP 2100 line of minicomputers)
; Rocky Mountain BASIC|HTBasic
: Version of Rocky Mountain BASIC by TransEra
; Hummingbird Basic
: The automation facility in Hummingbird Connectivity; it replaced WinWrap Basic after version 4
; HuBASIC
: For the Samsung SPC-1000, Sharp MZ-700 and Sharp X1, written in 1982 by Hudson Soft in Japan.[Error: File not found: cite web|url=https://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=803|title=SPC-1000|publisher=www.old-computers.com|accessdate=7 January 2016]
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; IBasic
: (Microsoft Windows|Windows) — With Windows API and DirectX support.
; IBM Cassette BASIC
: (IBM PC compatible|PC) — Built into the first IBM PCs. Ran independently of DOS and used Compact Cassette|audio cassettes as a storage medium.
; IBM VS-BASIC
: Mainframe hybrid compiler/interpreter implementation frequently used with such operating systems as McGill University's MUSIC/SP.
; ICPL
: (Computervision CADDS-2/VLSI) — Interpreter tied into an integrated circuit design database.
; INFOBASIC
: Used on Prime Computers, a variant of Pick BASIC for use on the Pick Operating System
;Integer BASIC
: (Apple II series) — Steve Wozniak's own creation. Originally known simply as "Apple BASIC". For the BASICs available at the time, it was very fast and computer memory|memory-efficient. Only supported integers. Came as standard on the Apple I and original Apple II
;Initial Programming Language
: (Windows) Uses dialog boxes for every command and directs essential message queue messages to predefined functions discarding the rest. Tries to keep to the spirit of simple home computer BASICs rather than a fully featured language like Visual Basic.
; Internet Basic
: Written for use with the Comet system. Both were created by Signature Systems.
; IS-BASIC
: The interpreter of the Enterprise (computer)|Enterprise 64 and 128 home computers, written by Intelligent Software Ltd.
; IWBasic
: (Windows) A version of Basic that generates native machine code so no runtime libraries are needed.
; iziBasic
: (Palm OS) Easy-to-use compiler that runs on Palm OS devices and emits stand-alone programs. Includes terminal mode and support for Palm OS Graphical user interface|GUI.[Error: File not found: cite web |url=http://www.aldweb.com/articles.php?lng=en&pg=5350 |title=iziBasic |access-date=2012-10-14]
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; Jabaco
: simple object-oriented programming language to build applications/applets on the Java Framework.[Error: File not found: cite web |url=http://www.jabaco.org/ |title=Jabco |access-date=2012-10-14]
; Just BASIC
: restricted "free" version of Liberty BASIC (Microsoft Windows|Windows only)
; JBasic
: a "classic" implementation of BASIC written entirely in Java.[Error: File not found: cite web |url=http://sf.net/projects/jbasic |title=JBasic |access-date=2012-10-14]
; JR-BASIC
: used on the Matsushita JR series home computers
; jvmBasic
: An implementation of BASIC which compiles to Java Bytecode[Error: File not found: cite web |url=https://github.com/teverett/jvmBASIC/ |title=jvmBasic |access-date=2013-06-29 ]
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; Kool-Bee
: See KoolB
; KoolB
: (short for Kool-Bee) (Microsoft Windows|Windows, Linux) — Open-source license|Open source compiler, minimal, made mainly for learning purposes.[Error: File not found: cite web|url=http://alphafern.com/BrianCBecker/KoolB/ |title=Title unknown |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051026185817/http://alphafern.com/BrianCBecker/KoolB/ |archive-date=October 26, 2005 ]
; KBasic
: Basic for Qt[Error: File not found: cite web | url=http://www.kbasic.org/| title=Kbasic| access-date=2015-11-22]
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; Liberty BASIC
: (Microsoft Windows|Windows, Macintosh|Mac, Linux) — Traditional structured BASIC with extensions for desktop GUI programming.
; LikeBASIC
: (Microsoft Windows|Windows) — Basic interpreter component for applications in the .NET Framework environment
; Locomotive BASIC
: (Amstrad CPC, Amstrad NC100) — built into the ROM, (ZX Spectrum +3) on CP/M disk
; LotusScript
: (IBM Lotus Notes)
; LowRes Coder
: (iOS)—App to create retro-style games or demos in BASIC.
; Luxor Basic
: (ABC 80|Luxor ABC 80)
; Learn to Program BASIC
: (Microsoft Windows|Windows 95–98, Macintosh 7.5–9) — youth-oriented version, with interactive lessons to teach the user how to program
; LxBasic
: (Linux) Freeware Free compiler and runtime compatible with Theos MultiUser Basic[Error: File not found: cite web|url=http://txbasic.free.fr|title=TxBasic forum|access-date=26 January 2018]
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; M2000 Interpreter
: dual vocabulary (Greek-English) Interpreter in own environment - Open Source- Written in Vb6. [https://github.com/M2000Interpreter/Environment]
; MacBASIC
: Apple Inc.|Apple's original BASIC for the Macintosh, released as Development stage|Beta software and discontinued due to a deal with Microsoft
; MAI Basic Four|MAI Basic Four Business Basic
: (misc. minicomputers)
; Mallard BASIC
: (Amstrad PCW, ZX Spectrum|ZX Spectrum +3 on CP/M) — Similar to Locomotive BASIC
; MapBasic
: procedural language used specifically for GIS programs.
; MasmBasic
: over 300 BASIC-style macros for the Microsoft Macro Assembler; requires the Masm32 package.
; MBASIC
: (CP/M) — Further development of OBASIC, also by Microsoft. MBasic was one of the BASICs developed by Microsoft. Came with a line editor.
; MELFA BASIC
: used by certain Mitsubishi robots and simulation packages.
; METRIC-BASIC
: also known as Uppsala-BASIC
; MelloCOMPLEX
: Based on "COMPLEX", a variant of BASIC
; MICOL BASIC
: Compiled Basic based upon elements of C for the Apple ][ gs platform
; Microsoft BASIC
: many versions for several different CPUs and system architectures exist, and many other BASICs are derivatives of some Microsoft BASIC
; Microsoft BASICA
: See BASICA
; Microsoft GW-BASIC
: GW-BASIC
; Microsoft Small Basic
:
; Microsoft Level III BASIC
: (Tandy Corporation|Tandy / RadioShack TRS-80)
; Microsoft Visual Basic
: Visual Basic
; MinimalBASIC
: A compiler for ECMA-55 Minimal BASIC emitting GNU assembly language targeting 64-bit x86-64 Linux[Error: File not found: cite web|url=http://buraphakit.sourceforge.net/BASIC.shtml|title=John's Mutant|access-date=14 January 2015]
; MITS 4K BASIC
: Altair BASIC
; MITS 8K BASIC
: Altair BASIC
; MMBasic
: The GWBasic Clone used by the Maximite Microcomputer
; Mobile BASIC
: (Java Virtual Machine|Java enabled mobile phones)
; MOLE Basic
: (DOS on the IBM PC compatible|PC) — Merty's Own Language Extension BASIC
; Moonrock Basic Compiler
: (DOS on the IBM PC compatible|PC) — Small compiler
; Monkey
: (Supports various platforms, see page for details)'' — A simple but powerful programming language built primarily for Game programming
; Morfik Basic
: Object-oriented dialect that can used to create Web applications, server and browser client-side code. (World Wide Web|Web)
; MS BASIC for Macintosh
: (Mac OS)
; MSX BASIC
: (MSX) — by Microsoft
; MTBASIC
: (CP/M, DOS) Multitasking BASIC compiler by Softaid
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; N82-BASIC
: (Old NEC NEC PC-8201|PC8201/8201A)
; N88-BASIC
: (Old NEC NEC PC-8801|PC8801/9801) — Japan's most popular BASIC based on Microsoft's one
; N.A.M.E. Basic
: compiles into bytecode to run on the Java Virtual Machine. Can also run in interpreted mode on the JVM
; Nevada BASIC
: Ellis Computing Eight-bit CP/M, had 12 digit precision and matrix (mathematics)|matrix operations. A port of Processor Technology 8 KB BASIC
; NorthStar BASIC
: (Processor Technology, NorthStar Horizon, later adapted to x86 as Bazic '86) and S.A.I.L.B.O.A.T. (a basic optimized for Z80 and X86 MS-DOS)
; NS Basic
: (Newton OS, Symbian OS, Palm OS, Microsoft Windows CE|Windows CE, Windows Mobile, Microsoft Windows ) — IDE and Bytecode-interpreter
; nuBASIC
: (Linux, Microsoft Windows ) — Interpreter written in C++11 for educational purposes.[Error: File not found: cite web |url=https://sourceforge.net/projects/nubasic/ |title=nuBASIC Sourceforge Home page |access-date=2014-04-03][Error: File not found: cite web |url=https://sites.google.com/site/nubasiclanguageinterpreter/ |title=nuBASIC Home page |access-date=2014-05-15][Error: File not found: cite web |url=https://sites.google.com/site/eantcal/home/c/nubasic |title=eantcal's corner nuBASIC page |access-date=2014-05-15]
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; OASIS operating system|Oasis Basic
: see THEOS Multi-User Basic
; OBASIC
: (CP/M) — by Microsoft
; Omikron Basic
: (Atari ST, Mac OS) — Originally developed by Omikron Software for Atari ST.[Error: File not found: cite web |url=http://www.omikron.net |title=Omikron |language=de |access-date=2012-10-25] In Germany it was bundled with new Atari STs for a long time. Was later ported to the classic Mac OS and was further developed for Mac OS X.
; OpenBASIC
: developed by MAI Systems Corporation, Inc.
; Open Programming Language OPL
: (Symbian OS phones and PDAs) — Originally developed for Psion (computers)|Psion's product line of organisers and PDAs. OPL used to stand for Organiser Programming Language but after becoming open source in 2003, it was renamed. Available for most of Psion's classic organisers and PDAs, Nokia 9210/9290/9300/9500 Communicators and Sony Ericsson P800/Sony Ericsson P900|P900/Sony Ericsson P910|P910.
; OWBasic
: (Pocketviewer (Casio pda)) — Fast compiler/interpreter system, Open Source[Error: File not found: cite web |url=http://www.audacia-software.de/ |title=Audacia Software |access-date=2012-10-25]
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; Panoramic (computer language)
: For Windows, able to handle 3D world and many Windows objects.[Error: File not found: cite web|url=http://www.panoramic-language.com |title=panoramic-language Resources and Information. This website is for sale! |publisher=panoramic-language.com |access-date=2013-08-19]
; Parrot BASIC
: For the Parrot virtual machine; V 1.0 is modeled on GW-BASIC, V 2.0 is modeled on Microsoft QuickBASIC version 4.5[[http://search.cpan.org/src/ABERGMAN/ponie-2/parrot/languages/BASIC/compiler/BASIC_README ] Error: File not found: webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040622224327/http://search.cpan.org/src/ABERGMAN/ponie-2/parrot/languages/BASIC/compiler/BASIC_README |date=June 22, 2004 ]
; PBASIC
: for use with the Parallax, Inc. (company)|Parallax BASIC Stamp microcontroller
; PeayBASIC
: hand-written interpreter in C# for simple text and graphics output
; Phoenix Object Basic
: (Linux / Unix) — free, includes GUI builder
; PIC BASIC
: for use with microcontrollers
; PIC BASIC Pro
: aka PBP — for use with PIC microcontrollers[Error: File not found: cite web|url=http://store.melabs.com/cat/PBP.html |title=microEngineering Labs Online Store: PICBASIC PRO Compiler |publisher=Store.melabs.com |access-date=2013-08-19]
; PICAXE BASIC
: for use with PICAXE microcontrollers
; Pick/BASIC
: (a.k.a. Data/BASIC, Databasic) (Pick operating system) — a BASIC language, extended for business use, and embedded into the Pick environment and variations of it.
; PlayBASIC
: (Microsoft Windows) — Fast and feature rich, focused on 2D game development.[Error: File not found: cite web|url=http://www.playbasic.com|title=PlayBASIC.com - Make Video Games, Learn Basic Programming|access-date=14 January 2015]
; PowerBASIC
: (DOS, Win16, Win32) — free and commercial compilers for DOS and Windows, which focus on fast compile speeds and small binaries. They are Turbo Basic successors.
; Processor Technology
: 5 KB and 8 KB BASICs. Created for the SOL-20 computer, but widely ported to other platforms as Processor Technology published the 8080 source code. Nevada BASIC (CP/M) and Utah BASIC [MS-DOS] were the latest ports.
; Profan programming language|Profan
: (Microsoft Windows|Windows) — easy to use, interpreted
; Professional Development System (PDS)
: A superset of Microsoft QuickBASIC targeted at professional software developers.[Error: File not found: Cite journal|last=Johnson|first=Eric|date=1992|title=Microsoft BASIC Professional Development System|jstor=30204618|journal=Computers and the Humanities|volume=26|issue=4|pages=305–308|doi=10.1007/BF00054278|s2cid=198178477]
; ProvideX
: (Microsoft Windows, Linux, Unix) — Cross-platform program development language derived from Business Basic
; PSX Chipmunk BASIC
: (PlayStation) — For the PlayStation
; PureBasic
: (Microsoft Windows (x86, x64), Linux (x86, x64), AmigaOS, macOS (x64, arm64 Apple silicon) and Raspberry Pi (arm32, arm64)) — Cross-platform program development language, 32 & 64bit. Fast compiler with many functions that creates fast and small standalone native executables which do not require DLL hell|runtime DLLs. It compiles with FASM or a C compiler, and has inline support.
; PyBASIC
: An interactive BASIC interpreter written in Python.[Error: File not found: cite web|url=https://github.com/richpl/PyBasic |title=Simple interactive BASIC interpreter written in Python |access-date=2018-12-21]
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; QB64
: (Windows, Linux and macOS) — Self-hosting (compilers)|Self-hosting BASIC compiler for Microsoft Windows, Linux and macOS. Aims at full compatibility with Microsoft QBasic and QuickBASIC. BASIC code is translated to C++ and then compiled to executable form.
; QBasic
: (DOS on the IBM PC compatible|PC) — by Microsoft. Subset of QuickBASIC. Came with versions of MS-DOS from 5.0 to 6.22. Also included with DOS 7 (what Windows 95 runs on,) and available from the install CD of Windows 98.
; QuickBASIC
: (DOS on the IBM PC compatible|PC) by Microsoft. An evolution of BASICA/GW-BASIC to block-structured lexical syntax that does not require line numbers, with many added intrinsic functions and language features (e.g. loop and conditional control constructs, file modes, and mixed-language programming support). Has an Integrated Development Environment|Integrated Development Environment (IDE), intended to compete with Borland Turbo language products (e.g. Turbo BASIC and especially the contemporarily popular Turbo Pascal). Mostly backward-compatible with BASICA source code. Includes a compiler and linker, and produces MS-DOS executables. Released in versions 1.0, 2.0. 3.0. 4.0, & 4.5. QuickBASIC 4.5 was released in 1988. The QuickBASIC 4.5 IDE includes an interpreter, syntax checking, debugging aids, and online help including a full language reference.
; Quite BASIC
: Web-based classic BASIC programming environment. No download or signup necessary. Introduced in 2006.[Error: File not found: cite web|url=http://www.quitebasic.com|title=Quite BASIC — fun, learning and nostalgia|author=Nikko Strom|work=Quite BASIC|access-date=14 January 2015]
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; RapidQ
: (Microsoft Windows|Windows, Linux, Solaris (operating system)|Solaris/SPARC and HP-UX) — Free, borrowed from Visual Basic (classic)|Visual Basic. Useful for graphical interfaces. Works mainly with QuickBASIC instructions. (Cross-platform, free, no longer being developed). Semi-OO interpreter. Includes rapid application development|RAD Integrated development environment|IDE.
; RBScript
: (Apple Macintosh|Macintosh, Mac OS X, Linux and Microsoft Windows|Windows) — Scripting language based on REALbasic.
; RC Basic
: (Windows, Linux, Android (operating system)|Android) — Basic Compiler geared towards game development.[Error: File not found: cite web|url=http://www.RCBasic.com|title=Home Page - RC BASIC|author=Rodney Cunningham]
; REALbasic
: (Apple Macintosh|Macintosh, Mac OS X, Linux and Microsoft Windows|Windows) — Platform independent BASIC. Object-oriented Visual Basic (classic)|Visual Basic-like Basic variant. Currently known as Xojo.
; Revelation BASIC or R/Basic
: (DOS on the IBM PC compatible|PC) — A variant of Pick/Basic used on the Revelation DBMS and successors.
; RFO Basic!
: (Android (operating system)|Android) — Basic for Android.[Error: File not found: cite web|url=http://rfo-basic.com/|title=RFO BASIC! for Android|author=Paul Laughton|access-date=14 January 2015][Error: File not found: cite web|url=http://rfobasic.com|title=Learn RFO Basic - The Easiest Way To Create Android Apps|access-date=14 January 2015]
;RM Basic
: A BASIC provided by Research Machines for their early RM Nimbus|Nimbus range of PCs
; RobotBASIC
: (Microsoft Windows|Windows) — Free BASIC interpreter and Robotic Simulator for the Windows OS that allows for Gaming and GUI graphical programming. New version will also compile to stand alone executables.[Error: File not found: cite web|url=http://www.RobotBASIC.com|title=Home Page - RobotBASIC|author=John Blankenship|access-date=14 January 2015]
; Rocky Mountain BASIC
: created by Hewlett-Packard|HP to control instruments through HP-IB
; Run BASIC
: (Mac OS X, Linux, and Microsoft Windows|Windows) — Free interactive web server-based version of Liberty BASIC
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; S-BASIC
: "Structured" BASIC, came with Kaypro CP/M systems
; S.A.I.L.B.O.A.T.
: SAIL Basic on Another Tack (CP/M, DOS Z80, X86, pseudo interpreted, Northstar Basic Compatible, B-Tree File System)
; S.I.C.K.
: The Symbolic Instruction Code Kit is a pseudo-BASIC interpreter written in QB64. [https://www.qb45.org/download.php?id=1905][http://www.filegate.net/pdn/pdnbasic/SICK64D3.ZIP]
; SAM Basic programming language|SAM BASIC
: (SAM Coupé)
; Simple API for XML|SAX Basic
: Simple API for XML
; SBAS
: "Structured BASIC" popular in British schools in 1980s & 90s. Written by Bryan Tackaberry of SPA Ltd to run on RM plc computers.
; S-BASIC
: developed for Nokia 9300 and Nokia 9500 Communicator. Development not finished, stopped with version 0.9.
; ScriptBasic
: Cross platform (ANSI C) Open source embeddable interpreter/API. The ScriptBasic project is primarily an embeddable scripting API with examples of a command line interpreter and multi-threaded HTTP application server running as a service.
; sdlBasic
: Free, multiplatform, based on core of wxBasic, but uses the Simple DirectMedia Layer|SDL library.
; SEGA BASIC
: SEGA version of BASIC dedicated to SEGA SC-3000 computer
; Sharp BASIC
: (Sharp Corporation|Sharp pocket computers)
; Simons' BASIC
: A cartridge-based utility that added 114 additional keywords to the standard BASIC 2.0 on the Commodore 64 computer
; Simple BASIC
: for Windows R3 Intermedia Language version Traditional BASIC, made for scientific purpose.[Error: File not found: cite web|url=http://sourceforge.net/projects/simplebasicr3/files/|title=Simple Basic for Windows R3|author=fredlu|access-date=14 January 2015]
; SIMPOL
: Object-oriented, made to emit code for Windows, Linux, Mac OS X
; Sinclair BASIC
: (ZX80, ZX81/Timex Sinclair 1000|TS1000, ZX Spectrum, Timex Sinclair 2068, Ringo R470, Lambda 8300)
; SmallBASIC
: (Android (operating system)|Android, Microsoft Windows|Windows, Linux, DOS, Palm OS, etc.) — A small Open-source license|Open source GNU General Public License|GPL-ed interpreter.
; Microsoft Small Basic|Small Basic
: (Microsoft Windows|Windows) — by Microsoft DevLabs Team.[Error: File not found: cite web|url=http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/devlabs/cc950524.aspx |title=Small Basic |publisher=Msdn.microsoft.com |access-date=2013-08-19]
; smart BASIC
: for iOS
; SmartBASIC
: (Coleco Adam)
; Petit Computer|SmileBASIC
: A retro dialect of BASIC used in Petit Computer (for the DSi) and SmileBASIC (for the 3DS)
; Sony BASIC
: for the Sony SMC-70
; Southampton BASIC System|SOBS
: (ICT 1900 series) Southampton BASIC System
; Softworks Basic
: (Win32, Visual Studio.Net, Linux, Unix) — a superset of AlphaBasic
; Spectacle BASIC
: (Microsoft Windows — can be recompiled for Mac OS X, Linux and AmigaOS) an Open-source license|open source, interpreted
:Spiderbasic
:[http://www.spiderbasic.com SpiderBasic] is a new web client-side programming language based on established BASIC rules. Its allows development of very complex, windowed based web applications, including mobile app for iOS and Android.
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; IBM Rational SQABasic|SQABasic
: For the Rational Software designed for Robot Script
; StarBasic
: StarOffice Basic
; StarOffice Basic
: (a.k.a. StarBasic) (OpenOffice.org, StarOffice)
; ST BASIC (Atari)
: (Atari ST) — This came with the Atari ST
; STOS BASIC
: (Atari ST) — For Atari ST made for game programming. Predecessor of AMOS BASIC on the Amiga.
; Submarine BASIC
: BASIC-E
; SuperBASIC
: (Sinclair QL)
; Super Game System BASIC
: For Windows 10 Is Basic Implementation for learning and creating simple games. [http://www.indiedb.com/games/super-game-system-basic]
; SV extended BASIC
: (Spectravideo) — For Spectravideo 318/328, by Microsoft.
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; T-BASIC
: BASIC dialect used on the Wang 2200T and its Soviet Russian clone, the Iskra (Spark) 226.
; T-BASIC
: Version of Microsoft BASIC used on the Toshiba Pasopia.
; TBASIC
: Version of BASIC used for software development on ATTI's family of BRAT test systems
; Tektronix
: For the Tektronix 405x|4050 series computers, extensive graphics commands[David A. Lien, The BASIC Handbook: Encyclopedia of the BASIC computer language, 2nd Edition, , Compusoft Publishing, 1981 Error: File not found: ISBN|0-932760-05-8, pg. 435 ff]
; Terminal-BASIC
: Pure interpreter, written in C++|C++11. Supports large subset of Minimal BASIC, runs on Arduino, Linux, Windows. Free software (GPL3, LGPL3). [https://hackaday.io/project/22036-terminal-basic Project page].
; THEOS Multi-User Basic
: (THEOS operating system)
; thinBasic
: interpreter for Microsoft Windows
; TI BASIC (TI 99/4A)|TI BASIC
: (note: no hyphen) (TI-99/4A|Texas Instruments TI-99/4A)
; TI BASIC (TI 99/4A)#Extended BASIC|TI Extended BASIC
: (TI-99/4A|Texas Instruments TI-99/4A)
; TI-BASIC
: (note: hyphen) (Texas Instruments programmable calculators)
; Tiger-BASIC
: High speed multitasking, for microcontrollers of the BASIC-Tiger family.
; Tiny BASIC
: (any microcomputer, but mostly implemented on early S-100 bus machines) — Minimalist version which source code was smaller than this article, used on low-memory platforms.
; TML BASIC
: (Apple 2GS) — A compiled BASIC with a GUI hosted IDE for writing native GUI apps.
; Level I BASIC|TRS-80 Level I BASIC
: (TRS-80) — based on Tiny BASIC.
; TRS-80 Level II BASIC
: (Tandy Corporation|Tandy / RadioShack TRS-80) — based on Microsoft BASIC
; TRS-80 Model 100 BASIC
: (TRS-80 Model 100) — based on Microsoft BASIC, with special support for the RAM file store, LCD display, and other built-in hardware of the TRS-80 Model 100 and Tandy 102 portable computers
; True BASIC
: (DOS, MS Windows, Mac OS, Linux, Unix) — Direct descendant of the original BASIC, Dartmouth BASIC, marketed by its creators. Strictly standards-compliant.
; Turbo Basic
: (Commodore 64) — Added 55 commands to the C64 BASIC, Released by Aztec Software, written by Julian Gardner.
; Turbo Basic
: (DOS on the IBM PC compatible|PC) — Commercial compiler by Borland. (BASIC/Z successor) (see PowerBASIC)
; Turbo-Basic XL
: (Atari 8-bit family) — Freeware interpreter and compiler for the Atari 8-bit family — based on Atari BASIC. Even this "slow" interpreter was about four times faster than the built-in BASIC. Written by Frank Ostrowski, the person who would go on to develop GFA BASIC. Came from Happy Computer.
; TxBasic
: (Linux) Compiler and runtime compatible with Theos MultiUser Basic with extended features
; Tymshare SuperBasic
: (SDS 940)
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; UBASIC
: (DOS on the IBM PC compatible|PC) — Interpreter with many mathematics|mathematical routines. Strong emphasis on number theory. Can work with many-digit numbers, complex numbers.
; UniBASIC
: dialect that is part of the Rocket U2|UniData database, with a strong focus on data access and manipulation.
; UniVerse
: dialect that is part of the Rocket U2|UniVerse database, with strong focus on data access and manipulation.
; Uppsala-BASIC
: also known as METRIC-BASIC
; Utah BASIC
: Ellis Computing, had 12-digit precision and matrix (mathematics)|matrix operations. MS-DOS port of the Processor Technology 8K BASIC. See Nevada BASIC.
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; VSI BASIC for OpenVMS|VAX BASIC
: DEC's BASIC-Plus-2 ported to VAX/OpenVMS|VMS
; VBA
: See Visual Basic for Applications
; VBS
: See VBScript
; VBScript
: (a.k.a. VBS, Visual Basic Script, Visual Basic Scripting Edition) — A subset of Visual Basic (classic)|Visual Basic used in Active Server Pages|ASP, Internet Explorer, or under Windows using the Windows Script Host (WSH) as a general-purpose scripting language. VBScript is often used as a replacement for DOS batch files.
; Vilnius BASIC
: (Elektronika Elektronika BK|BK-0010-01, BK-0011M and UKNC computers)
; Vintage BASIC
: Cross-platform, open-source license|open-source interpreter for microcomputer BASIC, written in Haskell (programming language)|Haskell.[Error: File not found: cite web|url=http://www.vintage-basic.net |title=Vintage BASIC |publisher=Lyle Kopnicky |date=2006-09-14 |access-date=2019-05-08]
; Visual Basic (classic)|Visual Basic
: (Microsoft Windows|Windows) — Microsoft's object-oriented programming|object-oriented dialect with rapid application development environment.
; Visual Basic .NET
: (Microsoft Windows|Windows) — Version within the .NET Framework by Microsoft.
; Visual Basic for Applications
: (a.k.a. VBA) (Microsoft Office on MS Windows and Apple Macintosh)
; Visual Basic Script
: See VBScript
; Visual Basic Scripting Edition
: See VBScript
; Visual Test
: (Originally MS-TEST) — Basic in Visual Test
; VSI BASIC for OpenVMS
: Originally released as VAX BASIC by Digital Equipment Corporation, owned by VMS Software Inc. (VSI) since 2014. Runs on the OpenVMS operating system.
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; Wasabi
: functional dialect with features such as Closure (computer science)|closures, continuations and first order functions, created at Fog Creek Software as an in-house web applications development platform. Not released to public, but often features in the influential blog of Joel Spolsky, Fog Creek founder and CEO.
; Watcom Basic
: Dialect by Watcom
; WinWrap Basic
: VBA type third party interpreter which can be linked into programmes to give them macro/VBA functionality
; WordBasic
: versions of Microsoft Word before MS Word 97
; wxBasic
: Open-source license|open source GNU General Public License|GPL interpreter based on the platform independent wxWidgets toolkit library. For Linux, Mac OS X (proposed) and Microsoft Windows|Windows.
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; X11-Basic
: (Atari ST, Microsoft Windows|Windows, Linux, Android (operating system)|Android, Raspberry Pi) — dialect of the BASIC programming language with graphics, sound and more.
; XBasic
: (Microsoft Windows|Windows, Linux) — Open Source compiler with a GUI designer
; XBLite
: (Microsoft Windows|Windows) — Open Source-compiler with integrated editor
; Xojo
: (MacOS, Linux, Microsoft Windows|Windows, iOS, Raspberry Pi and Web) — Platform independent BASIC. Object-oriented Visual Basic (classic)|Visual Basic-like Basic variant. Formerly known as REALbasic.
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; Yabasic
: (Linux, Microsoft Windows|Windows and PlayStation 2) Small interpreter. (GNU General Public License|GPL)
; yab
: (BeOS, Magnussoft ZETA|Zeta, HaikuOS) Adaptation of Yabasic that enables the creation of graphical programs using the BeOS API.[Error: File not found: cite web |author=clasqm |url=http://haikuware.com/directory/view-details/development/language/yab-15-without-libncursesso |title=yab 1.5 without libncurses.so |publisher=Haikuware.com |date=2011-06-22 |access-date=2013-08-19 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130125012017/http://haikuware.com/directory/view-details/development/language/yab-15-without-libncursesso |archive-date=2013-01-25 ]
; yBasic
: See HotPaw Basic
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; ZBasic
: Visual Basic subset dialect for ZX microcontrollers with support for multitasking.
; ZBasic (Zedcor Zbasic)
: first released by Zedcor (Tucson, Arizona) in mid-1985. Versions were made for Apple, DOS, Macintosh CP/M and TRS-80 computers. In 1991, 32 Bit Software Inc. (Dallas, Texas) bought the DOS version and expanded it. Zedcor concentrated on the Apple Mac market and renamed it FutureBASIC. ZBasic was very fast, efficient and advanced, with BCD math precision up to 54 digits.
; Zeus|Basic
: developed for Windows and Pocket PC by KRMicros (Kronos Robotics).
BASIC extensions
BASIC extensions (a.k.a. BASIC toolkits) extend a particular BASIC.
(Platforms: APCW = Amstrad PCW; A8 = Atari 8-bit family; C64 = Commodore 64; C128 = Commodore 128; Spec+3 = ZX Spectrum#Firmware|ZX Spectrum +3; VIC-20 = Commodore VIC-20)
* BASIC 8 (C128) — Third-party extension of the C128's Commodore BASIC 7.0
* Beta BASIC (ZX Spectrum)
* Optimized Systems Software|BASIC XL Toolkit (A8) — Disk-based extension of Optimized Systems Software|OSS's BASIC XL for Atari 8-bit family|Atari 8-bits
* Basic Lightning (C64) — The White Lightning development suite, by Oasis Software included also a quite capable BASIC extension for the Commodore BASIC 2.0
* Exbasic Level II (C64) — Extended BASIC. An improved BASIC for the C64, which was loaded from floppy disk|disk or ROM cartridge.
* Graphics BASIC (C64) — Third-party extension of the C64's Commodore BASIC 2.0
* Laser Basic (C64) — Was Ocean Software's updated version of The White Lightning development suite, which extended Commodore BASIC 2.0. A compiler called Laser Basic Compiler was available.
* Laser Basic (ZX Spectrum)
* Lightning Extended BASIC (APCW; Spec+3 on CP/M) — Extended Mallard BASIC with sophisticated graphics functions
* YS MegaBasic (ZX Spectrum)
* Monkey Wrench II (A8) — ROM cartridge extension of Atari BASIC from Eastern House Software. Using the right cartridge slot it required an Atari 8-bit family|Atari 800.
* Simons' BASIC (C64) — Commodore International|CBM-marketed improved BASIC for the C64, loaded from floppy disk|disk or ROM cartridge
* Super Expander (VIC-20) — CBM's own cartridge based extension of the VIC-20's Commodore BASIC 2.0
* Super Expander 64 (C64) — CBM's own cartridge based extension of the VIC-20's Commodore BASIC 2.0, for the C64
See also
* ALGOL
* COMAL
* Euphoria (programming language)
* FORTRAN
* Open Programming Language
External links
* [http://basic.mindteq.com/ Detailed overview of many BASIC compilers]
* [http://www.allbasic.info/ All BASIC language reference and code project site]
* [http://www.sc-3000.com/ SEGA SC-3000 computer, BASIC language details]
wp>List of BASIC dialects
BASIC Programming Language: BASIC Programming Fundamentals, BASIC Programming Language Inventor - BASIC Language Designer: John G. Kemeny and Thomas E. Kurtz of Dartmouth College on May 1, 1964; Applesoft BASIC, Microsoft BASIC, QuickBASIC, QBasic, FreeBASIC, Endless Loop - The History of the BASIC Programming Language (Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code) by Mark Jones Lorenzo, Legacy Language, BASIC keywords, BASIC Bibliography, Awesome BASIC; (navbar_basic)
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