Key facts
- Programming language.name
- FreeBASIC
- Programming language.logo
- Fblogo.gif
- Programming language.screenshot
- FreeBasic help.png
- Programming language.paradigm
- Procedural, object-oriented
- Programming language.designer
- Andre Victor
- Programming language.developer
- The FreeBASIC Development Team
- Programming language.latest release version
- 1.10.1
- Programming language.typing
- Static
- Programming language.influenced by
- QuickBASIC, C
- Programming language.operating system
- MS-DOS, FreeBSD, Linux, Microsoft Windows
- Programming language.license
- GNU GPLv2+, Standard libraries licensed under the GNU LGPLv2+
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Compiler features
- Syntax
- Graphics library
- Language dialects
- Example code
- References
- External links
FreeBASIC is a free and open source multiplatform compiler and programming language based on BASIC licensed under the GNU GPL for Microsoft Windows, protected-mode MS-DOS (DOS extender), Linux, FreeBSD and Xbox. The Xbox version is no longer maintained.
According to its official website, FreeBASIC provides syntax compatibility with programs originally written in Microsoft QuickBASIC (QB). Unlike QuickBASIC, however, FreeBASIC is a command line only compiler, unless users manually install an external integrated development environment (IDE) of their choice.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “FreeBASIC” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.