AlphaBasic

AlphaBASIC
Original author(s)Paul Edelstein,
Dick Wilcox,
Bob Courier
Developer(s)Alpha Microsystems
Initial release1976

AlphaBASIC is a computer programming language created by Alpha Microsystems in 1976.[1][2] The language was written by Alpha Microsystems employees Paul Edelstein, Dick Wilcox and Bob Courier.[3]

Features

AlphaBASIC shares much in common with other BASIC languages. It does offer some fairly unusual features such as multi-user orientation, ability to control memory layout of variables (MAP statement), calling of external assembly language subroutines (XCALL statement). The language is designed for developers of vertical market software packages. The compiler and runtime system are written in Motorola 68000 assembly language, and thus are only able to run on Alpha Microsystems hardware. The compiler emits interpreter code.

References

  1. ^ Alpha Microsystems (1977), AlphaBasic : user's manual, North Irvine, CA, retrieved 19 August 2017
  2. ^ AMIS and ANDI: Alpha Users Gather, By Ed Martino, InfoWorld, 11 May 1981, Page 45-46
  3. ^ AMOS AlphaBasic user manual, 1977

External links

  • AlphaBASIC User's Manual
  • Softworks Basic is a compatible superset of the AlphaBasic Language
  • Softworks Basic is an AlphaBASIC compatible language for Windows, Linux, Unix[citation needed]
  • Softworks Basic to VB.Net Translator translates AlphaBASIC and Softworks Basic into Microsoft VB.Net 2005[citation needed]
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Dialects of the BASIC programming language (list)
Classic
Microsoft
  • Microsoft BASIC
  • TRS-80 BASICs (Level I, Level II/III)
  • Thomson BASIC 1.0
Texas Instruments
  • TI-BASIC (calculators)
  • TI Extended BASIC (aka XBasic)
  • TI-BASIC 83
Hewlett-Packard
Locomotive Software
Microcomputers
Minicomputers
Time-sharing computers
Other
Extenders
Procedure-
oriented
Proprietary
Free and
open source
With object
extensions
Proprietary
Free and
open source
RAD
designers
Proprietary
Free and
open source
Defunct


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