BASIC

Summary

Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code, a family of high-level programming languages designed to be easy to learn and use. Known for its simple syntax and widespread availability in early personal computers.

Paradigms

imperative, procedural

Domains

education, desktop applications, scripting

Key Features

string interpolation, modules, variadic functions

Typing

dynamic system, structural typing, weak typing, partial inference, runtime checking, aggressive type coercion, optional type annotations

Compilation

interpreted, compiled

Influenced By

FORTRAN, ALGOL, JOSS

Influenced

COMAL, Ring, VBScript, PureBasic, WLanguage, Perl, GRASS, Open Programming Language, STOS BASIC, IBM Advanced BASIC, BBC BASIC, GFA BASIC, Euphoria, Zebra, XProfan, VBA, BasicX, XBasic, DIBOL, Ruby, CBASIC, QuickBASIC, True BASIC, Altair BASIC

Ratings

File extensions

bas

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