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<p>Rescuing 1 sources and tagging 0 as dead.) #IABot (v2.0.9.5</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Variant of the BASIC programming language}}<br /> {{more footnotes needed|date=January 2013}}<br /> {{Infobox programming language<br /> | name = XBasic<br /> | title = <br /> | logo = <br /> | logo caption = <br /> | screenshot = <br /> | screenshot caption = <br /> | paradigm = <br /> | family = [[BASIC]]<br /> | released = late 1980s&lt;!-- {{Start date|YYYY}} --&gt;<br /> | designer = <br /> | developers = Max Reason, Eddie Penninkhof&lt;ref&gt;[https://gnetools.sourceforge.net/xbsupport/viewpane_aboutxbasic.html What am I required to know when writing in XBasic?]{{Dead link|date=July 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, XBasic Facts&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> | latest release version = 6.3.26<br /> | latest release date = {{start date and age|2018}}<br /> | latest preview version = 6.3.26<br /> | latest preview date = {{start date and age|2018}}<br /> | typing = <br /> | scope = <br /> | implementations = <br /> | dialects = <br /> | influenced by = [[BASIC]], [[C (programming language)]]<br /> | influenced = <br /> | programming language = <br /> | platform = i386<br /> | operating system = [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]], [[Linux]]<br /> | license = [[GNU Lesser General Public License|GNU LGPL]]<br /> | file ext = x<br /> | fileformat = <br /> | website = {{URL|https://xbasic.sourceforge.net/}}<br /> | wikibooks = <br /> }}<br /> {{Portal|Free and open-source software}}<br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;XBasic&#039;&#039;&#039; is a variant of the [[BASIC programming language]] that was developed in the late 1980s for the [[Motorola 88000]] CPU and [[Unix]] by Max Reason. In the early 1990s it was ported to [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]] and [[Linux]], and since 1999 it has been available as [[open source software]] with its runtime library under the [[LGPL]] license.<br /> <br /> It should not be confused with [[TI Extended BASIC]], which is sometimes called XBasic or X Basic. It should also not be confused with the proprietary Xbasic language used in Alpha Software&#039;s Alpha Anywhere and Alpha Five products.<br /> <br /> Version 6.2.3 was the last official release, released on 27 October 2002, however unofficial releases are still being maintained by a group of enthusiasts on [[GitHub]].&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web | url=https://github.com/xbwlteam | title=Xbwlteam | website=[[GitHub]] }}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> == Characteristics ==<br /> XBasic has signed and unsigned 8-, 16- and 32-bit and signed 64-bit [[integer]]s as well as 32- and 64-bit [[floating point]] values. The string data type is only for 8-bit characters.<br /> <br /> It is possible to generate an [[assembly language]] file. XBasic has a Windows only version called [[XBLite]]. Development is at [[SourceForge]].<br /> <br /> ==Components==<br /> * Editor (writing [[source code]])<br /> * [[Compiler]] (creating machine code)<br /> * Debugger (checking for errors)<br /> * [[computer library|Libraries]] (ready made code to call on)<br /> * [[GUI builder|GuiDesigner]] (creates the graphical user interface for the program)<br /> <br /> ==Example code==<br /> &lt;syntaxhighlight lang=&quot;basic&quot;&gt;<br /> &#039; Programs contain:<br /> &#039; 1. A PROLOG with type/function/constant declarations.<br /> &#039; 2. This Entry() function where execution begins.<br /> &#039; 3. Zero or more additional functions.<br /> &#039;<br /> FUNCTION Entry()<br /> <br /> PRINT &quot;Hello World&quot;<br /> <br /> PRINT 2+2<br /> PRINT 44/12<br /> PRINT 33*3<br /> <br /> END FUNCTION<br /> &lt;/syntaxhighlight&gt;<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist}}<br /> <br /> == External links ==<br /> *https://groups.io/g/MaxReasonsxBasic<br /> *https://github.com/orgs/xbwlteam/repositories <br /> *{{sourceforge|xbasic}}<br /> *[https://gnetools.sourceforge.net/xbsupport/index.html Making your first GUI Tutorial] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031207145930/http://gnetools.sourceforge.net/xbsupport/index.html |date=7 December 2003 }}<br /> *[http://xbnotes.freehosting.net/make_exe.html Making a Standalone Executable] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040316213502/http://xbnotes.freehosting.net/make_exe.html |date=16 March 2004 }}<br /> *[https://rosettacode.org/wiki/Category:XBasic Category:XBasic] Tasks implemented in XBasic on [https://rosettacode.org/ rosettacode.org]<br /> <br /> {{BASIC}}<br /> {{GUI builders}}<br /> {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2017}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Articles with example BASIC code]]<br /> [[Category:BASIC compilers]]<br /> [[Category:Linux integrated development environments]]<br /> [[Category:Programming tools for Windows]]<br /> [[Category:BASIC programming language family]]<br /> [[Category:Free integrated development environments]]</div>

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