List of BASIC dialects

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This is an alphabetical list of BASIC dialects — interpreted and 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[]

0–9[]

Allen-Bradley PLC industrial controller BASIC module; Intel BASIC-52 extended with PLC-specific calls.

64K BASIC

Cross-platform, interactive, open-source interpreter for microcomputer BASIC, written in Rust.^[1]

A[]

(Amiga)

Relatively limited. Initially provided with Amiga computers by MetaComCo.

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.).

(Amiga)

A Compiler for Everyone — Freeware, AmigaBASIC compatible, has extra features, some of which exploit the Amiga's hardware and operating system.^[2]

Advan BASIC

For the Atari home computer, disk based, containing BASIC, compiler, screen design and utilities. Released to public domain July, 2006^[3]

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

Altair BASIC

(a.k.a. MITS 4K BASIC, MITS 8K BASIC, Altair Disk Extended BASIC) (Altair 8800, S-100) — Microsoft's first product

Altair Disk Extended BASIC

See Altair BASIC

Amiga BASIC (Amiga)

Somewhat easier than , see MS BASIC for Macintosh.

(Amiga)

Open-source version of Blitz BASIC.^[4]

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.

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)

Applesoft BASIC (Apple II series)

Based on the same Microsoft code that Commodore BASIC was based on. Standard on the Apple II Plus/ and all later models of the Apple II family.

BASIC compiler for ARM processors, ported to a number of popular ARM development PCBs.

version of SORD CBASIC for the M23 with arithmetic processor

Aribas^[5]

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

(DOS on the PC)

Assembler

PICAXE chip language

Atari 2600 Basic Programming

(Atari 2600 video game console)

SuperCharger Disk BASIC (Atari 2600 video game console)

StarPath SuperCharger cartridge plus disk-based extensions.^[6][7]

Atari BASIC (Atari 8-bit family)

The standard cartridge-based interpreter for the 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.

AT&T

interpreter and compiler for the AT&T 3B1 UNIX PC.

ROM-resident interpreter, executes from on-chip RAM (Atmel AVR)^[8]

Atom BASIC (Acorn Atom)

AutoIt (Microsoft Windows)

automates other programs, e.g. with simulated mouse clicks. Interpreted. GUI. Creates EXEs.

B[]

B32 Business Basic

(Data General Eclipse MV, Unix, DOS)

BaCon

(Unix, BSD, Mac OS X) — Basic to C converter implemented both in BaCon(for good performance) and shell script(for bootstrapping).^[9]

short for BASIC (Almost) InTerpreter was an experimental BASIC interpreter written in Atari (8-bit) BASIC for Compute! Magazine by Bill Wilkinson.

(Unix) — Interpreter for the classic BASIC dialect^[10]

(Unix, Linux, BSD, Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X) A BASIC interpreter, written in Seed7, which is compatible to GW-BASIC and other old BASIC dialects^[11]

(Microsoft Windows) — putatively under development by Leodescal Softwares; the first officially launched version is supposed to produce stand-alone executables

BASCOM

Compilers for the 8051 and 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

() was a simple attempt of the BASIC language for the Atari 2600 Video Computer System

BASIC XE

(Atari 8-bit family) — An enhanced version of BASIC XL, by Optimized Systems Software^[12]

BASIC XL

(Atari 8-bit family) — Improved BASIC for the Atari 8-bit family, by Optimized Systems Software^[12]

Basic4GL

Fast interpreter meant for OpenGL graphical programming, especially games

BASIC-11

(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 .^[13]

BASIC-52

BASIC for the Intel 8052 microcontroller chip

structured BASIC for the SORD M68/M68MX computers running in CP/M-68K mode

BASIC-E

(a.k.a. submarine BASIC) (CP/M)

structured BASIC for 8-bit SORD computers

BASIC Plus 2

(DEC PDP-11: RSTS/E, RSX-11)

BASIC-PLUS

(DEC PDP-11: RSTS/E)

BASIC/UX

HP BASIC for HP-UX, version of Rocky Mountain BASIC

BASIC/WS

HP BASIC Workstation

(CP/M, MDOS)

BASIC09

(OS-9 and on Motorola 6809 and 68K CPUs, respectively)

BASICA

(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.

BASICODE

(KC 85) de:BASICODE

Basic For Qt

(Mac OS X, Linux and Windows) — Platform independent BASIC. Object-oriented Visual Basic-like Basic variant. Based on Qt. (previously, KBASIC)^[14]

(Sega Genesis) — for the Sega Genesis^[15]

batari BASIC

version primarily used for homebrew Atari 2600 development.^[16]

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, DOS, Microsoft Windows and many others.^[17] A GPL clone of BBC BASIC named Brandy^[18] written in portable C is also available (RISC OS, NetBSD, OpenBSD, FreeBSD, Linux, Mac OS X, AmigaOS, DOS). Also a port made for the Commodore 64 by , written by Julian Gardner.

See Northstar BASIC

(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.

{Beginner Extended Object with Ultra Language Functionality}^[19]

Beta BASIC

BASIC toolkit that extended Sinclair BASIC.

BASIC implementation by , first available in the early 1980s. It was later maintained by Michael Poremski.

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, Windows) — Fast compiler meant for game programming. Windows version with DirectX support. Discontinued, replaced by BlitzPlus.

BlitzMax

(macOS, Linux, Windows) — Fast and compact object-oriented compiler meant for several tasks, most notably Game programming with OpenGL and DirectX support (DirectX support is Windows only).

BlitzPlus

(Microsoft Windows) Fast compiler made for 2D game programming and WinAPI event based interpreted programming. Supports both DirectX and OpenGL.

(a.k.a. BXBASM) (Win32, Linux)^[20] Bxbasic is presented as a programming tutorial, to develop and construct a Console Mode Scripting Engine and Byte Code Compiler.

Used on the Bandai RX-78 computer

Hebrew dialect.

Board Test Basic, used by HP (later Agilent, then Keysight) to develop and run test programs in an in-circuit test environment

BURP

Basic Using Reverse Polish, used by the very early 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

"", a stand-alone Z-80 bitwise port of Tiny BASIC - co developed by Pro-Log Corporation and ByteWide Systems, Australia. Intended for control applications.

See Blunt_Ane_Basic

Bywater BASIC

(a.k.a. bwBASIC) — an 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.^[21]

C[]

CA-Realizer

dialect similar to VisualBasic by Computer Associates, last version 3.0, no longer under development/supported

One of the two scripting languages in the Caché Database

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

CBM BASIC

See Commodore BASIC

Java ME open source on-phone mobile interpreter for Java-enabled handheld devices, mobiles, smartphones, and PDAs

Chinese BASIC

Several Chinese-translated BASIC languages developed in the early 1980s.

Chipmunk Basic

(Apple Macintosh, CLI ports for Win32, Linux) — copyrighted freeware

small and fast interpreter for web-scripting.

CipherLab Basic

tool to develop application programs for CipherLab 8 Series Mobile Computers using BASIC programming language

(Mac OS X) — Object-oriented dialect for using the Cocoa Framework^[22]

(IBM Corporation Cognos) Similar to Visual Basic, used in Cognos business intelligence applications.

Color BASIC

(Tandy / RadioShack TRS-80 Color Computer)

Commodore BASIC

(a.k.a. 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 best-known was Commodore Basic V2, as used in the Commodore 64.

Compaq BASIC for OpenVMS

DEC BASIC, renamed after DEC was acquired by Compaq. Now called VSI BASIC for OpenVMS.

(Windows) — A variant suited for game programming with DirectX.^[23][24] fi:Coolbasic

(Windows)^[25]

() — Interpreter for the Cubloc controller

(Cybiko)

Interpreter for the Cybiko Handheld Computer for Teens

(Cybiko) — A BASIC to C compiler for the Cybiko Handheld Computer for Teens

(Windows) — a royalty-free VBA compatible scripting engine embedded, e.g., within HP's product for implementing customizations^[26]

D[]

See: Pick/BASIC for use on the Pick Operating System

a very early BASIC interpreter for the Intel 8080 based DAI Personal Computer that used java-like pre-compilation.

DarkBASIC & DarkBASIC Professional

(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

fast nonstandard BASIC for the Atari ST written entirely in machine language

DEC BASIC

Formerly VAX BASIC; renamed after VAX/VMS was ported to Alpha processors and renamed OpenVMS. Now called VSI BASIC for OpenVMS due to corporate acquisitions.

Japanese multi-platform Basic interpreter^[27] compatible almost 100% with ISO/IEC 10279:Full BASIC 1991 or later

for GBA handheld video game; also useful for Nintendo DS homebrew.^[28] 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.

E[]

Easy AMOS

See AMOS BASIC

(Windows)^[25]

(Windows) — Visual Basic 3 clone.

Epson SPEL+

(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 and NodeMCU) - An open-source basic interpreter specifically tailored for the internet of things. Self-hosting browser-based development environment.

(Windows) — ethosBASIC is a new BASIC development system made to create computer games.^[29]

Extended Color BASIC

(TRS-80 Color Computer and Dragon 32/64)

F[]

(Atari ST)

Famicom BASIC

(Nintendo Entertainment System) — For the Nintendo Entertainment System.

(Windows, Linux on WinE) — FREESTYLE Basic Script Language^[30]

(Atari ST)

FreeBASIC

(DOS (DPMI32), MS Windows and Linux) — An open source (GPL) BASIC compiler, that employs a similar syntax to QuickBASIC's, with more advanced features like 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^[31]

(MS Windows and Linux) — Highly modernized adaptation of classic BASIC.

G[]

Galaksija BASIC

(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.

Free object-oriented BASIC variant meant for game programming.

(DOS on the PC) — Interpreter with many graphics routines.

( on the ) — Interpreter with many graphics routines, Made in Czechoslovakia 80's

version of SORD CBASIC with SORD Graphic Language extensions for the M23 with graphics board

(Leica TPS 1000/1100 surveying stations)

(Commodore 64) — For use with 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 ported to the Amiga, DOS and Windows.

GLBasic

(main target platforms: Windows, Linux, Apple iPhone, Pocket PC. IDE environment: Windows) — optimized for games

(Linux/Unix) — project to develop a Visual Basic compatible clone for Gnome. During development, the project was discontinued.

Graphics BASIC

(Commodore 64) — extension to the original Commodore 64 BASIC V2.

(Microchip PIC) — Open source compiler for 8-bit architecture PIC and AVR microcontrollers.

GW-BASIC

(DOS and Windows) by Microsoft. BASICA compatible; independent of IBM ROM routines. Came with versions of MS-DOS before 5.0. Included music macro language and advanced loops.

H[]

HBasic

(Linux / Unix) — Object-oriented open source IDE. HBasic based on Qt IDE and a BASIC dialect. Similar approach as Visual Basic.

(Amiga, Atari ST, ZX Spectrum)

High Tech BASIC

Version of Rocky Mountain BASIC by TransEra

(Win32, Linux) — Simple but powerful compiler, emits machine code. Supports GUI, console, CGI, and database programming.

(a.k.a. yBasic, née cbasPad Pro) (Palm OS) — Interpreter with GUI and sound functions.^[32]

HP BASIC

The original Version of 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.

HP BASIC for OpenVMS

Originally VAX BASIC; renamed to DEC BASIC after VAX/VMS was ported from VAX to 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)

HTBasic

Version of Rocky Mountain BASIC by TransEra

Hummingbird Basic

The automation facility in Hummingbird Connectivity; it replaced WinWrap Basic after version 4

I[]

(Windows) — With Windows API and DirectX support.

IBM Cassette BASIC

(PC) — Built into the first IBM PCs. Ran independently of DOS and used 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.

(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 memory-efficient. Only supported integers. Came as standard on the Apple I and original Apple II

(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.

Written for use with the Comet system. Both were created by Signature Systems.

The interpreter of the Enterprise 64 and 128 home computers, written by

(Windows) A version of Basic that generates native machine code so no runtime libraries are needed.

(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 GUI.^[33]

J[]

Jabaco

simple object-oriented programming language to build applications/applets on the Java Framework.^[34]

restricted "free" version of Liberty BASIC (Windows only)

JBasic

a "classic" implementation of BASIC written entirely in Java.^[35]

jvmBasic

An implementation of BASIC which compiles to Java Bytecode^[36]

K[]

Kool-Bee

See KoolB

(short for Kool-Bee) (Windows, Linux) — Open source compiler, minimal, made mainly for learning purposes.^[37]

Basic for Qt^[38]

L[]

Liberty BASIC

(Windows, Mac, Linux) — Traditional structured BASIC with extensions for desktop GUI programming.

(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)

(iOS)—App to create retro-style games or demos in BASIC.

(Luxor ABC 80)

(Windows 95–98, Macintosh 7.5–9) — youth-oriented version, with interactive lessons to teach the user how to program

(Linux) Freeware Free compiler and runtime compatible with Theos MultiUser Basic^[39]

M[]

dual vocabulary (Greek-English) Interpreter in own environment - Open Source- Written in Vb6. [2]

MacBASIC

Apple's original BASIC for the Macintosh, released as Beta software and discontinued due to a deal with Microsoft

MAI Basic Four Business Basic

(misc. minicomputers)

Mallard BASIC

(Amstrad PCW, 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.

used by certain Mitsubishi robots and simulation packages.

also known as

Based on "COMPLEX", a variant of 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

GW-BASIC

Microsoft Small Basic

(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^[40]

MITS 4K BASIC

Altair BASIC

MITS 8K BASIC

Altair BASIC

The GWBasic Clone used by the Maximite Microcomputer

Mobile BASIC

(Java enabled mobile phones)

(DOS on the PC) — Merty's Own Language Extension BASIC

(DOS on the 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. (Web)

MS BASIC for Macintosh

(Mac OS)

MSX BASIC

(MSX) — by Microsoft

(CP/M, DOS) Multitasking BASIC compiler by Softaid

N[]

(Old NEC PC8201/8201A)

N88-BASIC

(Old NEC PC8801/9801) — Japan's most popular BASIC based on Microsoft's one

compiles into bytecode to run on the Java Virtual Machine. Can also run in interpreted mode on the JVM

Ellis Computing Eight-bit CP/M, had 12 digit precision and matrix operations. A port of Processor Technology 8 KB BASIC

NorthStar BASIC

(Processor Technology, NorthStar Horizon, later adapted to x86 as Bazic '86) and (a basic optimized for Z80 and X86 MS-DOS)

NS Basic

(Newton OS, Symbian OS, Palm OS, Windows CE, Windows Mobile, Microsoft Windows ) — IDE and Bytecode-interpreter

nuBASIC

(Linux, Microsoft Windows ) — Interpreter written in C++11 for educational purposes.^[41][42][43]

O[]

Oasis Basic

see THEOS Multi-User Basic

(CP/M) — by Microsoft

(Atari ST, Mac OS) — Originally developed by Omikron Software for Atari ST.^[44] 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.

developed by .

Open Programming Language OPL

(Symbian OS phones and PDAs) — Originally developed for 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 /P900/P910.

OWBasic

( (Casio pda)) — Fast compiler/interpreter system, Open Source^[45]

P[]

For Windows, able to handle 3D world and many Windows objects.^[46]

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^[47]

PBASIC

for use with the Parallax BASIC Stamp microcontroller

hand-written interpreter in C# for simple text and graphics output

Phoenix Object Basic

(Linux / Unix) — free, includes GUI builder

for use with microcontrollers

aka PBP — for use with PIC microcontrollers^[48]

for use with PICAXE microcontrollers

(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.

(Microsoft Windows) — Fast and feature rich, focused on 2D game development.^[49]

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.

(Windows) — easy to use, interpreted

Professional Development System (PDS)

A superset of Microsoft QuickBASIC targeted at professional software developers.^[50]

ProvideX

(Microsoft Windows, Linux, Unix) — Cross-platform program development language derived from Business Basic

(PlayStation) — For the PlayStation

PureBasic

(Microsoft Windows, Linux, AmigaOS and Mac OS X) — Cross-platform program development language, 32 & 64bit. Fast compiler with many functions that creates fast and small standalone native executables which do not require runtime DLLs. It compiles with FASM and has inline support.

An interactive BASIC interpreter written in Python.^[51]

Q[]

QB64

(Windows, Linux and macOS) — 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 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 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 (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.

Web-based classic BASIC programming environment. No download or signup necessary. Introduced in 2006.^[52]

R[]

RapidQ

(Windows, Linux, Solaris/SPARC and HP-UX) — Free, borrowed from Visual Basic. Useful for graphical interfaces. Works mainly with QuickBASIC instructions. (Cross-platform, free, no longer being developed). Semi-OO interpreter. Includes RAD IDE.

RBScript

(Macintosh, Mac OS X, Linux and Windows) — Scripting language based on REALbasic.

(Windows, Linux, Android) — Basic Compiler geared towards game development.^[53]

REALbasic

(Macintosh, Mac OS X, Linux and Windows) — Platform independent BASIC. Object-oriented Visual Basic-like Basic variant. Currently known as Xojo.

or R/Basic

(DOS on the PC) — A variant of Pick/Basic used on the Revelation DBMS and successors.

(Android) — Basic for Android.^[54][55]

A BASIC provided by Research Machines for their early Nimbus range of PCs

(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.^[56]

Rocky Mountain BASIC

created by HP to control instruments through HP-IB

Run BASIC

(Mac OS X, Linux, and Windows) — Free interactive web server-based version of Liberty BASIC

S[]

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. [3][4]

(SAM Coupé)

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 SDL library.

SEGA version of BASIC dedicated to SEGA SC-3000 computer

(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.^[57]

Object-oriented, made to emit code for Windows, Linux, Mac OS X

Sinclair BASIC

(ZX80, ZX81/TS1000, ZX Spectrum, Timex Sinclair 2068, Ringo R470, Lambda 8300)

SmallBASIC

(Android, Windows, Linux, DOS, Palm OS, etc.) — A small Open source GPL-ed interpreter.

Small Basic

(Windows) — by Microsoft Team.^[58]

for iOS

(Coleco Adam)

SmileBASIC

A retro dialect of BASIC used in Petit Computer (for the DSi) and SmileBASIC (for the 3DS)

for the Sony SMC-70

SOBS

(ICT 1900 series) Southampton BASIC System

() — a superset of AlphaBasic

(Microsoft Windows — can be recompiled for Mac OS X, Linux and AmigaOS) an open source, interpreted

Spiderbasic

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.

SQABasic

For the Rational Software designed for Robot Script

StarBasic

StarOffice Basic

StarOffice Basic

(a.k.a. StarBasic) (OpenOffice.org, StarOffice)

(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.

BASIC-E

SuperBASIC

(Sinclair QL)

For Windows 10 Is Basic Implementation for learning and creating simple games. [5]

(Spectravideo) — For Spectravideo 318/328, by Microsoft.

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BASIC dialect used on the Wang 2200T and its Soviet Russian clone, the Iskra (Spark) 226.

Version of Microsoft BASIC used on the Toshiba Pasopia.

Version of BASIC used for software development on ATTI's family of BRAT test systems

Tektronix

For the 4050 series computers, extensive graphics commands^[59]

Pure interpreter, written in C++11. Supports large subset of Minimal BASIC, runs on Arduino. and Linux. Free software (GPL3, ). Project page.

THEOS Multi-User Basic

(THEOS operating system)

thinBasic

interpreter for Microsoft Windows

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, for microcontrollers of the 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.

(Apple 2GS) — A compiled BASIC with a GUI hosted IDE for writing native GUI apps.

TRS-80 Level I BASIC

(TRS-80) — based on Tiny BASIC.

TRS-80 Level II BASIC

(Tandy / RadioShack TRS-80) — based on Microsoft 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 , written by Julian Gardner.

Turbo Basic

(DOS on the PC) — Commercial compiler by Borland. ( 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 .

(Linux) Compiler and runtime compatible with Theos MultiUser Basic with extended features^[39]

Tymshare SuperBasic

(SDS 940)

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UBASIC

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

dialect that is part of the UniData database, with a strong focus on data access and manipulation.

UniVerse

dialect that is part of the UniVerse database, with strong focus on data access and manipulation.

also known as

Utah BASIC

Ellis Computing, had 12-digit precision and matrix operations. MS-DOS port of the Processor Technology 8K BASIC. See Nevada BASIC.

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VAX BASIC

DEC's BASIC-Plus-2 ported to VAX/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 used in 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 BK-0010-01, BK-0011M and UKNC computers)

Vintage BASIC

Cross-platform, open-source interpreter for microcomputer BASIC, written in Haskell.^[60]

Visual Basic

(Windows) — Microsoft's object-oriented dialect with rapid application development environment.

Visual Basic .NET

(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.

W[]

Wasabi

functional dialect with features such as 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.

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

wxBasic

open source GPL interpreter based on the platform independent wxWidgets toolkit library. For Linux, Mac OS X (proposed) and Windows.

X[]

XBasic

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

XBLite

(Windows) — Open Source-compiler with integrated editor

Xojo

(MacOS, Linux, Windows, iOS, Raspberry Pi and Web) — Platform independent BASIC. Object-oriented Visual Basic-like Basic variant. Formerly known as REALbasic.

Y[]

Yabasic

(Linux, Windows and PlayStation 2) Small interpreter. (GPL)

(BeOS, Zeta, HaikuOS) Adaptation of Yabasic that enables the creation of graphical programs using the BeOS API.^[61]

See HotPaw Basic

Z[]

ZBasic

Visual Basic subset dialect for 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 +3; VIC-20 = Commodore VIC-20)

• BASIC 8 (C128) — Third-party extension of the C128's Commodore BASIC 7.0
• Beta BASIC (ZX Spectrum)
• BASIC XL Toolkit (A8) — Disk-based extension of OSS's BASIC XL for Atari 8-bits
• (C64) — The White Lightning development suite, by included also a quite capable BASIC extension for the Commodore BASIC 2.0
• (C64) — Extended BASIC. An improved BASIC for the C64, which was loaded from disk or ROM cartridge.
• Graphics BASIC (C64) — Third-party extension of the C64's Commodore BASIC 2.0
• (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.
• (ZX Spectrum)
• (APCW; Spec+3 on CP/M) — Extended Mallard BASIC with sophisticated graphics functions
• YS MegaBasic (ZX Spectrum)
• (A8) — ROM cartridge extension of Atari BASIC from Eastern House Software. Using the right cartridge slot it required an Atari 800.
• Simons' BASIC (C64) — CBM-marketed improved BASIC for the C64, loaded from 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

References[]

External links[]

• List of BASIC dialects at Curlie
• Detailed overview of many BASIC compilers
• All BASIC language reference and code project site
• SEGA SC-3000 computer, BASIC language details