BASIC

BASIC (Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code)

Standards

• ECMA-55 MINIMAL Basic Standard - Now withdrawn by ECMA but used as a reference in some modern "Street Basic" implementations

Also known as ISO 6373 or ISO 6373:1984 Data processing - Programming languages - Minimal BASIC. - The standard originated at ECMA but copies of it are still valid standards in some countries for instance as ANSI X3.60-1978 minimal BASIC in the USA, as Australian Standard AS 2797-1985 Programming language - Minimal BASIC

• ECMA-116 ECMA Basic-1, ECMA Basic-2 and ECMA Graphics Module Standards - Now withdrawn but used as a reference for a number of modern Basic implementations.

Like the earlier standard this originated at EMCA and while they have withdrawn it a number of international and local standard organisations still have it as current standard including ANSI X3.113-1987 "Programming Languages Full BASIC" in the USA and the international INCITS/ISO/IEC 10279-1991 (R2005) "Information Technology - Programming Languages - Full BASIC".

• ANSI X3.113 Interpretations-1992 "BASIC Technical Information Bulletin # 1 Interpretations of ANSI 03.113-1987"

USA only addendum to the ECMA-116 standard.

• ISO/IEC 10279:1991/ Amd 1:1994 "Modules and Single Character Input Enhancement"

Small addendum to the original ECMA-116/ISO10279 standard, no downloadable version available.

Publications

• John G. Kemeny; Thomas E. Kurtz: BASIC Programming 3rd edition - Wiley 1980, ISBN 0-471-01863-5
• John G. Kemeny; Thomas E. Kurtz: Back to BASIC: The History, Corruption, and Future of the Language - Addison-Wesley 1984, ISBN 0-201-13433-0
• John G. Kemeny; Thomas E. Kurtz: Structured BASIC Programming - Wiley 1987, ISBN 0-471-81087-8