BBC BASIC

BBC BASIC is an open source programming language created in 1981.

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BBC BASIC is a programming language, developed in 1981 as a native programming language for the MOS Technology 6502 based Acorn BBC Micro home/personal computer. It is a version of the BASIC programming language adapted for a UK computer literacy project of the BBC. It was written mainly by Sophie Wilson. Read more on Wikipedia...

BBC BASIC Wikipedia page
BBC BASIC first developed in BBC Micro
file extensions for BBC BASIC include bbc
Pygments supports syntax highlighting for BBC BASIC
See also: (7 related languages)BASIC, BCPL, Acorn Atom, COMAL, ARM, Assembly language, C

Example from hello-world:

PRINT "Hello World"

Example from Wikipedia:

IF INSTR(REPORT$,"VI") THEN PRINT "BASIC64" ELSE PRINT "BASIC"

Feature	Supported	Token	Example
Strings	✓	"	"Hello world"
Print() Debugging	✓	PRINT

BBC BASIC - Programming language

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