BASIC Implementations: Difference between revisions

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BBC Basic - Discontinued but supplied for free with the Windows version of the product.
Bywater Basic - Open source
Canon Basic - Discontinued - A scripting variant of this language is still used for embedded programming by Canon.
GW-BASIC - developed by Microsoft for DOS OEM
IBM PC BASIC - developed by Microsoft for IBM PC
Mallard BASIC PC - developed by Locomotive Software Ltd.
MICRO-BASIC - developed by Dave Dunfield
Napoleon Brandy Basic - Open Source
PBASIC - Discontinued - Aka Digital Research Personal Basic or Metacomco Basic - compatible with CP/M MBASIC
QBasic - introduced with MS-DOS 5, also included in OS/2 2.0 and later versions.

Boxer - "Street Basic", QBasic and Visual Basic support included by default.
BRIEF - "Street Basic", QBasic, CBASIC, Turbo Basic and Visual Basic support included by default, although it depends on version.

CA Realizer - Versions 1 to 3 offer Win-OS/2 support.
GFA Basic - Discontinued - Free Download - Limited support available from a third party.
Liberty BASIC - Discontinued - Last version that works under Win-OS/2 is 2.02
Microsoft Basic Professional - Commercial - Cross development from DOS or OS/2 only.
Microsoft Visual Basic - Versions 1 to 4 offer Win-OS/2 support.
True Basic - Versions up to 5.3 supported Win-OS/2

qb.js - Partially QBasic compatible, can be run inside a web browser or by using the JavaScript Desktop Enabler.