freebasic
====== FreeBASIC ======
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One of the (if not //the//) most stable open-source BASICs [[https://www.freebasic.net/|in activity]] as of 2023, FreeBASIC is a large, modern and multi-platform compiler which started mostly influenced by [[.:msqb:|Microsoft QuickBASIC]] but, as time passed, adopted some influences from C++ to the point it had to work with separate "language modes" — one for QB compatibility and one of its own, which is the one considered for the [[:keywords:|Keywords Reference]] section of this site.

===== Where it is/was used =====
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  * MS-DOS, FreeDOS, DR-DOS
  * Windows (32-bit x86, 64-bit amd64)
  * GNU-Linux (32-bit x86, 64-bit amd64, 32-bit ARM, 64-bit ARM64/AArch64)
  * FreeBSD (32-bit x86, 64-bit amd64)

===== Noteworthy characteristics =====
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===== Environment and usage =====

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===== Extensions =====
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===== Curiosities =====
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===== Related to... =====
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==== Influenced by ====
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  * [[.:msqb:|Microsoft QuickBASIC]] - once FreeBASIC was considered to be a free clone of QB, and still maintains a degree of compatibility with it when used with its ''lang -qb'' mode

==== Influence for ====
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===== Versions and successors =====
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===== References =====
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