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BASIC Compilers and Programming => Other BASIC languages => Topic started by: Chris Boss on January 28, 2025, 11:59:23 am

Title: Other Basic languages worth checking out
Post by: Chris Boss on January 28, 2025, 11:59:23 am

Here is a short list of other Basic languages worth checking out:

Oxygen (O2) Basic compiler (32 bit and 64 bit) :   https://github.com/Charles-Pegge/OxygenBasic (https://github.com/Charles-Pegge/OxygenBasic)

PluriBasic (generates apps for a variety of platforms):   https://www.patreon.com/c/pluribasic/posts (https://www.patreon.com/c/pluribasic/posts)

ThinBasic (interpreter) :  https://www.thinbasic.com/ (https://www.thinbasic.com/)

Title: Re: Other Basic languages worth checking out
Post by: Brice M on January 30, 2025, 07:15:38 pm

These are both from one of the living legends of BASIC and early home computers.

BBC BASIC for Windows (https://www.bbcbasic.org/bbcwin/bbcwin.html)

And a newer version that is free, open source and cross-platform.

BBC BASIC for SDL 2.0 (https://www.bbcbasic.org/bbcsdl/index.html)

Both of the above are great and I have used them in the past, even the DOS version of BBC BASIC. Richard is a great guy and talented coder.


I also highly recommend these:

PureBasic (https://www.purebasic.com)

IceDesign GUI Designer (https://chrisrfr.gumroad.com/l/TnEVD) (The best GUI designer for PureBasic, IMHO)

SpiderBasic (https://www.spiderbasic.com)

PureBasic is designed to pretty much run on any OS (Windows, Linux, MacOS and Raspberry Pi) or processor (32-bit or 64-bit or ARM). It is ALWAYS kept current with new technologies. Works great on the RaspberryPi. PureBasic creates DPI aware apps as a built in feature, which is a huge plus nowadays and has created 64bit EXEs for many, many years.

SpiderBasic is awesome for web-based applications, Android & iOS.