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title="Procedural programming">Procedural</a>, <a href="/wiki/Object-oriented_programming" title="Object-oriented programming">object-oriented</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Software_design" title="Software design">Designed by</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Andre Victor<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Software_developer" class="mw-redirect" title="Software developer">Developer</a></th><td class="infobox-data organiser">The FreeBASIC Development Team</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">First appeared</th><td class="infobox-data">2004<span class="noprint">; 20 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">2004</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Software_release_life_cycle" title="Software release life cycle">Stable release</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="margin:0px;">1.10.1 / December 25, 2023<span class="noprint">; 10 months ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">2023-12-25</span>)</span></div></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Type_system" title="Type system">Typing discipline</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Type_system#Static_typing" title="Type system">Static</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Operating_system" title="Operating system">OS</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/MS-DOS" title="MS-DOS">MS-DOS</a>, <a href="/wiki/FreeBSD" title="FreeBSD">FreeBSD</a>, <a href="/wiki/Linux" title="Linux">Linux</a>, <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Microsoft Windows</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Software_license" title="Software license">License</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License" title="GNU General Public License">GNU GPLv2+</a>, <a href="/wiki/GNU_Lesser_General_Public_License" title="GNU Lesser General Public License">Standard libraries licensed under the GNU LGPLv2+</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.freebasic.net">www<wbr />.freebasic<wbr />.net</a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #eee;">Influenced by</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a href="/wiki/QuickBASIC" title="QuickBASIC">QuickBASIC</a>, <a href="/wiki/C_(programming_language)" title="C (programming language)">C</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>FreeBASIC</b> is a <a href="/wiki/FOSS" class="mw-redirect" title="FOSS">free and open source</a> multiplatform <a href="/wiki/Compiler" title="Compiler">compiler</a> and <a href="/wiki/Programming_language" title="Programming language">programming language</a> based on <a href="/wiki/BASIC" title="BASIC">BASIC</a> licensed under the <a href="/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License" title="GNU General Public License">GNU GPL</a> for <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Microsoft Windows</a>, protected-mode <a href="/wiki/MS-DOS" title="MS-DOS">MS-DOS</a> (<a href="/wiki/DOS_extender" title="DOS extender">DOS extender</a>), <a href="/wiki/Linux" title="Linux">Linux</a>, <a href="/wiki/FreeBSD" title="FreeBSD">FreeBSD</a> and <a href="/wiki/Xbox_(console)" title="Xbox (console)">Xbox</a>. The Xbox version is no longer maintained.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to its official website,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> FreeBASIC provides syntax compatibility with <a href="/wiki/Computer_program" title="Computer program">programs</a> originally written in <a href="/wiki/QuickBASIC" title="QuickBASIC">Microsoft QuickBASIC</a> (QB). Unlike QuickBASIC, however, FreeBASIC is a command line only <a href="/wiki/Compiler" title="Compiler">compiler</a>, unless users manually install an external <a href="/wiki/Integrated_development_environment" title="Integrated development environment">integrated development environment</a> (IDE) of their choice.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Compiler_features">Compiler features</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=FreeBASIC&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Compiler features"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On its <a href="/wiki/Front_and_back_ends" class="mw-redirect" title="Front and back ends">backend</a>, FreeBASIC makes use of <a href="/wiki/GNU_Binutils" title="GNU Binutils">GNU Binutils</a> in order to produce console and <a href="/wiki/Graphical_user_interface" title="Graphical user interface">graphical user interface</a> applications. FreeBASIC supports the linking and creation of <a href="/wiki/C_(programming_language)" title="C (programming language)">C</a> static and dynamic <a href="/wiki/Library_(computing)" title="Library (computing)">libraries</a> and has limited support for <a href="/wiki/C%2B%2B" title="C++">C++</a> libraries. As a result, code compiled in FreeBASIC can be reused in most native development environments. </p><p>While not an <a href="/wiki/Optimizing_compiler" title="Optimizing compiler">optimizing compiler</a>, FreeBASIC can optionally <a href="/wiki/Source-to-source_compiler" title="Source-to-source compiler">transcompile</a> to C to compile with optimizations. FreeBASIC supports <a href="/wiki/Inline_assembler" title="Inline assembler">inline assembly</a>, <a href="/wiki/Multithreading_(software)" class="mw-redirect" title="Multithreading (software)">multi-threading</a>, and does not use <a href="/wiki/Automatic_garbage_collection" class="mw-redirect" title="Automatic garbage collection">automatic garbage collection</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/C_preprocessor" title="C preprocessor">C style preprocessing</a>, including multiline <a href="/wiki/Macro_(computer_science)#Text-substitution_macros" title="Macro (computer science)">macros</a>, conditional compiling and file inclusion, is supported. The preprocessor also has access to symbol information and compiler settings, such as the <a href="/wiki/Dialect_(computing)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dialect (computing)">language dialect</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Syntax">Syntax</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=FreeBASIC&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Syntax"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Initially, FreeBASIC emulated Microsoft QuickBASIC syntax as closely as possible. Beyond that, the language has continued its evolution. As a result, FreeBASIC combines several language dialects for maximum level of compatibility with QuickBASIC and full access to modern features.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> New features include support for concepts such as <a href="/wiki/Object_(computer_science)" title="Object (computer science)">objects</a>, <a href="/wiki/Operator_overloading" title="Operator overloading">operator overloading</a>, <a href="/wiki/Function_overloading" title="Function overloading">function overloading</a>, <a href="/wiki/Namespace" title="Namespace">namespaces</a> and others.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Newline" title="Newline">Newline</a> characters indicate the termination of programming statements. A programming statement can be distributed on multiple consecutive lines by using the underscore <i>line continuation char</i> (_), whereas multiple statements may be written on a single line by separating each statement with a <a href="/wiki/Colon_(punctuation)" title="Colon (punctuation)">colon</a> (:). </p><p>Block <a href="/wiki/Comment_(computer_programming)" title="Comment (computer programming)">comments</a>, as well as end-of-line remarks are supported. Full line comments are made with an <a href="/wiki/Apostrophe" title="Apostrophe">apostrophe</a> <code>'</code>, while blocks of commented code begin with <code>/'</code> and end with <code>'/</code>. </p><p>FreeBASIC is not case-sensitive. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Graphics_library">Graphics library</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=FreeBASIC&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Graphics library"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>FreeBASIC provides built-in, QuickBASIC compatible graphics support through FBgfx, which is automatically included into programs that make a call to the <code>SCREEN</code> command. Its backend defaults to <a href="/wiki/OpenGL" title="OpenGL">OpenGL</a> on <a href="/wiki/Linux" title="Linux">Linux</a> and <a href="/wiki/DirectX" title="DirectX">DirectX</a> on <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Microsoft Windows</a>. This abstraction makes FBgfx graphics code cross-platform compatible. However, FBgfx is not hardware accelerated. </p><p>Users familiar with external graphics utilities such as OpenGL or the Windows API can use them without interfering with the built-in graphics library. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Language_dialects">Language dialects</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=FreeBASIC&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Language dialects"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As FreeBASIC has evolved, changes have been made that required breaking older-styled syntax. In order to continue supporting programs written using the older syntax, FreeBASIC now supports the following dialects: </p> <ul><li>The default dialect (<i>-lang fb</i> as a <a href="/wiki/Command-line_interface#Arguments" title="Command-line interface">command-line argument</a>) supports all new compiler features and disallows archaic syntax.</li> <li>The FB-lite dialect (<i>-lang fblite</i>) permits use of most new, non-object-oriented features in addition to older-style programming. Implicit variables, suffixes, <code><a href="/wiki/GOSUB" class="mw-redirect" title="GOSUB">GOSUB</a></code> / <code>RETURN</code>, <a href="/wiki/Line_number" title="Line number">numeric labels</a> and other features are allowed in this dialect.</li> <li>The QB dialect (<i>-lang qb</i>) attempts to replicate QuickBASIC behavior and is able to compile many QuickBASIC programs without modification.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Example_code">Example code</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=FreeBASIC&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Example code"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Standard programs, such as the <a href="/wiki/%22Hello,_World!%22_program" title=""Hello, World!" program">"Hello, World!" program</a> are done just as they were in QuickBASIC. </p> <div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-qbasic mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span><span class="vg">Print</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">"Hello, World!"</span> <span class="nl">sleep:</span><span class="vg">end</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">'Comment, prevents the program window from closing instantly</span> </pre></div> <p>FreeBASIC adds to this with support for <a href="/wiki/Object-oriented_programming" title="Object-oriented programming">object-oriented</a> features such as <a href="/wiki/Method_(computer_programming)" title="Method (computer programming)">methods</a>, <a href="/wiki/Constructor_(object-oriented_programming)" title="Constructor (object-oriented programming)">constructors</a>, <a href="/wiki/Memory_management#DYNAMIC" title="Memory management">dynamic memory allocation</a>, <a href="/wiki/Property_(programming)" title="Property (programming)">properties</a> and temporary allocation. </p> <div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-vbnet mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span><span class="hll"><span class="n">Type</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">Vector</span> </span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">Private</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="n">x</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ow">As</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">Integer</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="n">y</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ow">As</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">Integer</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="k">Public</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="k">Declare</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">Constructor</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">nX</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ow">As</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">Integer</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">nY</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ow">As</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">Integer</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="k">Declare</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">Property</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">getX</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ow">As</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">Integer</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="k">Declare</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">Property</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">getY</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ow">As</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">Integer</span> <span class="k">End</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">Type</span> <span class="hll"><span class="n">Constructor</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">Vector</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">nX</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ow">As</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">Integer</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">nY</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ow">As</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">Integer</span><span class="p">)</span> </span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">x</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">nX</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="n">y</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">nY</span> <span class="k">End</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">Constructor</span> <span class="k">Property</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">Vector</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">getX</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ow">As</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">Integer</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="k">Return</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">x</span> <span class="k">End</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">Property</span> <span class="k">Property</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">Vector</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">getY</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ow">As</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">Integer</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="k">Return</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">y</span> <span class="k">End</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">Property</span> </pre></div> <div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-vbnet mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span><span class="k">Dim</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ow">As</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">Vector</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">Ptr</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">player</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">New</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">Vector</span><span class="p">()</span> <span class="o">*</span><span class="n">player</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">Type</span><span class="o"><</span><span class="n">Vector</span><span class="o">></span><span class="p">(</span><span class="mi">100</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">100</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="n">Print</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">player</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="n">getX</span> <span class="n">Print</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">player</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="n">getY</span> <span class="n">Delete</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">player</span> <span class="n">Sleep</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="c">'Prevents the program window from closing instantly</span> </pre></div> <p>In both cases, the language is well suited for learning purposes. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=FreeBASIC&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output 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Basic Macro Language</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VSI_BASIC_for_OpenVMS" title="VSI BASIC for OpenVMS">VSI BASIC for OpenVMS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SUPER_BASIC" title="SUPER BASIC">SUPER BASIC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CALL/360:BASIC" title="CALL/360:BASIC">CALL/360:BASIC</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/AlphaBasic" title="AlphaBasic">AlphaBasic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Astro_BASIC" class="mw-redirect" title="Astro BASIC">Astro BASIC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BASICODE" title="BASICODE">BASICODE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Business_application_language" title="Business application language">BAL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Casio_BASIC" title="Casio BASIC">Casio BASIC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CBASIC" title="CBASIC">CBASIC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PBASIC" 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BASIC">Simons' BASIC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Super_Expander" title="Super Expander">Super Expander</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Super_Expander_64" title="Super Expander 64">Super Expander 64</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/YS_MegaBasic" title="YS MegaBasic">YS MegaBasic</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Procedural_programming" title="Procedural programming">Procedure</a>-<br />oriented</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Proprietary_software" title="Proprietary software">Proprietary</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/AmigaBASIC" class="mw-redirect" title="AmigaBASIC">AmigaBASIC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AMOS_(programming_language)" title="AMOS (programming language)">AMOS BASIC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ASIC_programming_language" title="ASIC programming language">ASIC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BasicX" title="BasicX">BasicX</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beta_BASIC" title="Beta BASIC">Beta BASIC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FutureBASIC" title="FutureBASIC">FutureBASIC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GRASS_(programming_language)" title="GRASS (programming language)">GRASS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liberty_BASIC" title="Liberty BASIC">Liberty BASIC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LSE_(programming_language)" title="LSE (programming language)">LSE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MapBasic" title="MapBasic">MapBasic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mobile_BASIC" title="Mobile BASIC">Mobile BASIC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/OWBasic" title="OWBasic">OWBasic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PowerBASIC" title="PowerBASIC">PowerBASIC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PureBasic" title="PureBasic">PureBasic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Petit_Computer" title="Petit Computer">SmileBASIC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tiger-BASIC" title="Tiger-BASIC">Tiger-BASIC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/True_BASIC" title="True BASIC">True BASIC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turbo_Basic" class="mw-redirect" title="Turbo Basic">Turbo Basic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WordBASIC" title="WordBASIC">WordBASIC</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Free_and_open_source" class="mw-redirect" title="Free and open source">Free and<br />open source</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Basic-256" title="Basic-256">Basic-256</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basic4GL" title="Basic4GL">Basic4GL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BBC_BASIC#Acorn_Archimedes_(RISC_OS)" title="BBC BASIC">BBC BASIC V</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Game_Creators" title="The Game Creators">DarkBASIC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Euphoria_(programming_language)" title="Euphoria (programming language)">Euphoria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hindawi_Programming_System" title="Hindawi Programming System">Indic BASIC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Open_Programming_Language" title="Open Programming Language">Open Programming Language</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SdlBasic" title="SdlBasic">SdlBasic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SmallBASIC" title="SmallBASIC">SmallBASIC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/QB64" title="QB64">QB64</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WxBasic" title="WxBasic">wxBasic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/XBasic" title="XBasic">XBasic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/XBLite" title="XBLite">Xblite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yabasic" title="Yabasic">Yabasic</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">With <a href="/wiki/Object-oriented_programming" title="Object-oriented programming">object</a><br />extensions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Proprietary_software" title="Proprietary software">Proprietary</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/AutoIt" title="AutoIt">AutoIt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chipmunk_Basic" title="Chipmunk Basic">Chipmunk Basic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GLBasic" title="GLBasic">GLBasic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LotusScript" title="LotusScript">LotusScript</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morfik" title="Morfik">Morfik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PowerBASIC" title="PowerBASIC">PowerBASIC</a></li> <li>ProvideX</li> <li>Run BASIC</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Visual_Basic_for_Applications" title="Visual Basic for Applications">VBA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VBScript" title="VBScript">VBScript</a></li> <li>VB 5 for <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Excel" title="Microsoft Excel">Microsoft Excel</a> 5.0 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Visual_Studio_Tools_for_Office" title="Visual Studio Tools for Office">VSTO</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Visual_Studio_Tools_for_Applications" title="Visual Studio Tools for Applications">VSTA</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Embedded_Visual_Basic" title="Embedded Visual Basic">Embedded Visual Basic</a></li> <li>WinWrap Basic</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Free_and_open_source" class="mw-redirect" title="Free and open source">Free and<br />open source</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Blitz_BASIC" title="Blitz BASIC">BlitzMax</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">FreeBASIC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Small_Basic" title="Microsoft Small Basic">Microsoft Small Basic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mono_(software)" title="Mono (software)">Mono-Basic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/OpenOffice_Basic" title="OpenOffice Basic">OpenOffice Basic</a></li> <li>ScriptBasic</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roslyn_(compiler)" title="Roslyn (compiler)">Roslyn</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Rapid_application_development" title="Rapid application development">RAD</a><br /><a href="/wiki/GUI_designer" class="mw-redirect" title="GUI designer">designers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Proprietary_software" title="Proprietary software">Proprietary</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/CA-Realizer" title="CA-Realizer">CA-Realizer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Visual_Basic_(classic)" title="Visual Basic (classic)">Visual Basic (classic)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NS_Basic" title="NS Basic">NS Basic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RapidQ" title="RapidQ">RapidQ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Visual_Basic_(.NET)" title="Visual Basic (.NET)">Visual Basic .NET</a> (<a href="/wiki/Mercury_(RemObjects_BASIC_programming_language)" title="Mercury (RemObjects BASIC programming language)">Mercury</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xojo" title="Xojo">Xojo</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Free_and_open_source" class="mw-redirect" title="Free and open source">Free and<br />open source</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>B4X (<a href="/wiki/Basic4android" title="Basic4android">Basic4android</a>, <a href="/wiki/Basic4ppc" title="Basic4ppc">Basic4ppc</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gambas" title="Gambas">Gambas</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">WinFBE, Visual FB Editor</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Defunct</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Altair_BASIC" title="Altair BASIC">Altair BASIC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Applesoft_BASIC" title="Applesoft BASIC">Applesoft BASIC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atari_BASIC" title="Atari BASIC">Atari BASIC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atari_Microsoft_BASIC" title="Atari Microsoft BASIC">Atari Microsoft BASIC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atari_ST_BASIC" title="Atari ST BASIC">Atari ST BASIC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BASIC_A%2B" title="BASIC A+">BASIC A+</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Optimized_Systems_Software#BASIC_XE" title="Optimized Systems Software">BASIC XE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Optimized_Systems_Software#BASIC_XL" title="Optimized Systems Software">BASIC XL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BASIC_Programming" title="BASIC Programming"><i>BASIC Programming</i> (Atari 2600)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BBC_BASIC" title="BBC BASIC">BBC BASIC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benton_Harbor_BASIC" title="Benton Harbor BASIC">Benton Harbor BASIC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_BASIC" title="Chinese BASIC">Chinese BASIC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commodore_BASIC" title="Commodore BASIC">Commodore BASIC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Color_BASIC" title="Color BASIC">Color BASIC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dartmouth_BASIC" title="Dartmouth BASIC">Dartmouth BASIC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Disk_Extended_Color_BASIC" title="Disk Extended Color BASIC">Disk Extended Color BASIC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Extended_Color_BASIC" title="Extended Color BASIC">Extended Color BASIC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Family_BASIC" title="Family BASIC">Family BASIC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GFA_BASIC" title="GFA BASIC">GFA BASIC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GW-BASIC" title="GW-BASIC">GW-BASIC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IBM_BASIC" title="IBM BASIC">IBM BASIC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/JR-BASIC" title="JR-BASIC">JR-BASIC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MacBASIC" title="MacBASIC">MacBASIC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MBASIC" title="MBASIC">MBASIC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MSX_BASIC" title="MSX BASIC">MSX BASIC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MS_BASIC_for_Macintosh" title="MS BASIC for Macintosh">MS BASIC for Macintosh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/QBasic" title="QBasic">QBasic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/QuickBASIC" title="QuickBASIC">QuickBASIC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S-BASIC" title="S-BASIC">S-BASIC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sinclair_BASIC" title="Sinclair BASIC">Sinclair BASIC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STOS_BASIC" title="STOS BASIC">STOS BASIC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SuperBASIC" title="SuperBASIC">SuperBASIC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/TI_BASIC_(TI_99/4A)" title="TI BASIC (TI 99/4A)">TI BASIC (TI 99/4A)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turbo-BASIC_XL" title="Turbo-BASIC XL">Turbo-BASIC XL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vilnius_BASIC" title="Vilnius BASIC">Vilnius BASIC</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Free_and_open-source_software" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" 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title="List of free and open-source Android applications">Android apps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_free_and_open-source_iOS_applications" title="List of free and open-source iOS applications">iOS apps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_commercial_open-source_applications_and_services" title="List of commercial open-source applications and services">Commercial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_formerly_proprietary_software" title="List of formerly proprietary software">Formerly proprietary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_formerly_free_and_open-source_software" class="mw-redirect" title="List of formerly free and open-source software">Formerly open-source</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Community_of_practice" title="Community of practice">Community</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a 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India">Free Software Movement of India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Free_Software_Foundation" title="Free Software Foundation">Free Software Foundation</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Free-software_license" title="Free-software license">Licenses</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Academic_Free_License" title="Academic Free License">AFL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apache_License" title="Apache License">Apache</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apple_Public_Source_License" title="Apple Public Source License">APSL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Artistic_License" title="Artistic License">Artistic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beerware" title="Beerware">Beerware</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BSD_licenses" title="BSD licenses">BSD</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Creative_Commons_license" title="Creative Commons license">Creative 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