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Chris Boss

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Other Basic languages worth checking out
« 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

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

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


Brice M

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Re: Other Basic languages worth checking out
« Reply #1 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

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

BBC BASIC for SDL 2.0

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

IceDesign GUI Designer (The best GUI designer for PureBasic, IMHO)

SpiderBasic

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.