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| QB64pe | qb64 | |
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| 1 | 7 | |
| 110 | 117 | |
| 9.1% | 9.4% | |
| 9.6 | 4.2 | |
| 4 days ago | 7 months ago | |
| C | C | |
| GNU General Public License v3.0 or later | GNU General Public License v3.0 or later |
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QB64pe
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QB64 Phoenix Edition v3.9.0 Released
QB64-PE v3.9.0! https://github.com/QB64-Phoenix-Edition/QB64pe/releases/tag/v3.9.0
qb64
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The BASIC programming language turns 60
I seem to remember some pretty serious (as in actual paid) programs written in QuickBASIC - the compiled version of QBASIC.
Lots and lots of 'business middleware' was written in various forms of BASIC, the most famous being VBA, but also quite a bit in things like QuickBASIC in an older period.
https://qb64.com keeps the dream alive.
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Ask HN: Whats the modern day equivalent of 80s computer for kids to explore?
Most people are posting links to hardware, but in my mind, this is a software question. Maybe one of those BASIC interpreters with an integrated IDE, the way that QBASIC used to be on older Windows versions?
QB64 is the modern equivalent: https://qb64.com/
Your kids won't literally need to navigate the command line to launch the games. But I think that editing config files to "hack" the game is still on the table :-)
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EndBASIC
Many, really. QuickBASIC is very complete. You can easily install it in DosBOX to take a look, or download QB64 (https://qb64.com/) for a similar but more modern experience.
Some specifics that are in my mind as "must haves" are user-defined functions, file I/O, records (aka structs), syntax checking / interactive help in the editor...
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Not counting Visual Basic, I haven't used or even seen a QBasic IDE since this until just yesterday, I downloaded the latest.
https://qb64.com/ does actually get updated :)
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Can anyone recommend some good free tools for programming, debugging, and virtualization on Ubuntu?
OpenWatcom is a very nice compiler and debugger. Another one is QB64.
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Basic to C++
QB64 compiles QBasic to either C or C++; not sure which. But it might not be useful for generating standalone C++ code.
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Small Visual Basic
For my 9-year-old boy, I picked QB64 [1] and things are going very well. The experience is identical to old QBasic, but with a saner language that encourages to declare the type of variables.
At the moment we are following [2], which seems perfect for a child of that age.
[1] https://github.com/QB64Official/qb64 is the repo to follow: after the dramatic split of the dev community happened in 2022, the older one is not used anymore.
[2] https://www.qb64tutorial.com/
What are some alternatives?
UEFI_Basic - A BASIC programming language interpreter for UEFI
endbasic - BASIC environment with a REPL, a web interface, a graphical console, and RPi support written in Rust
aqb - A BASIC Compiler and IDE for Amiga Computers
FunSharp - Fun cross-platform graphics library, based on the Small Basic library, made specifically for F# and C#.
Freeze-OS - An Operating System that runs on top of an interpreter.
darcfx-submissions - User Submissions to DarcFX.com
SmallBASIC - SmallBASIC is a fast and easy to learn BASIC language interpreter ideal for everyday calculations, scripts and prototypes. SmallBASIC includes trigonometric, matrices and algebra functions, a built in IDE, a powerful string library, system, sound, and graphic commands along with structured programming syntax
scratch-www - Standalone web client for Scratch