PLNews: Programming Language News

BASIC-256 0.9 has been released. It is "an easy to use version of BASIC designed to teach young children the basics of computer programming."

This release includes: the addition of file access commands to the language, a "poly" function for drawing complex shapes, new string manipulation functions, and build system improvements.

Gambas 1.9.46 has been released. Gambas is a development environment and BASIC-like language implementation with object-oriented extensions.

This release includes: an inversion of the LINK command arguments order, a change to the syntax of the LOCK instruction, a redesign of the debugger, IDE improvements, and other changes.

KBasic 1.5 has been released. KBasic is an object-oriented BASIC dialect, running on Windows, Mac OS X and Linux.

This release includes: documentation improvements, support for cached compilation, IDE improvements, bug fixes, and other changes.

BASIC-256 0.8 has been released. "BASIC-256 is an easy to use version of BASIC designed to teach young children the basics of computer programming."

This release includes: a debugging mode for stepping through a program, improved error messages, the addition of PAUSE and LINE commands, plus other changes and bug fixes.

It has been announced that KidBASIC has been renamed to BASIC-256, in order to avoid confusion with an existing software product that has used the name 'KidBasic'. "BASIC-256 is an easy to use version of BASIC designed to teach young children the basics of computer programming."

BBC BASIC for Windows 5.40a has been released. It is an implementation of BBC BASIC for Microsoft Windows systems.

This release includes: assembler support for jumps as well as calls to API functions, *TEMPO that accepts values greater than 5, plus other changes and fixes.

Gambas 1.9.45 has been released. Gambas is a development environment and BASIC-like language implementation with object-oriented extensions.

This release includes: IDE improvements, a new gb.web component, a Farsi translation, plus other changes and bug fixes.

KidBASIC 0.7 has been released. "KidBASIC is an easy to use version of BASIC designed to teach young children the basics of computer programming."

This release includes: internationalisation support, menu improvements, and bug fixes.

KidBASIC 0.6 has been released. "KidBASIC is an easy to use version of BASIC designed to teach young children the basics of computer programming."

This release includes: the addition of some mathematical functions, performance enhancements, support for saving the compiled bytecode to a file, and a string() function to covert numerical values to strings.

KidBASIC 0.5 has been released. "KidBASIC is an easy to use version of BASIC designed to teach young children the basics of computer programming."

This release includes: support for arrays; support for the AND, OR, XOR and NOT logical operators; new examples; and bugfixes.

KidBASIC 0.4.1 has been released. "KidBASIC is an easy to use version of BASIC designed to teach young children the basics of computer programming."

This release includes: performance and stability enhancements, new graphical functions, keyboard input support, new examples, and tutorial updates.

KidBASIC 0.3.1 has been released. "KidBASIC is an easy to use version of BASIC designed to teach young children the basics of computer programming."

This release includes performance enhancements.

KidBASIC 0.3 has been released. "KidBASIC is an easy to use version of BASIC designed to teach young children the basics of computer programming."

This release includes: the replacement of the line-numbering syntax with labels, performance improvements, and the availability of Linux source tarballs.

Gambas 1.9.44 has been released. Gambas is a development environment and BASIC-like language implementation with object-oriented extensions.

This release includes: optimization in the interpreter hash table routines, main interpreter loop speed improvements, development environment improvements, plus other changes and fixes.

REALbasic 2006 Release 4 is now shipping. REALbasic 2006 is an object-oriented BASIC dialect and development environment, supporting Windows, Macintosh, and Linux.

This release includes: support for building Universal Binaries for Mac OS X, large file support, improved 64-bit integer support, plus other changes and bugfixes.

KidBASIC 0.1 has been released. "KidBASIC is an easy to use version of BASIC designed to teach young children the basics of computer programming."

Gambas 1.9.43 has been released. Gambas is a BASIC implementation with object-oriented extensions.

This release includes: development environment improvements, compiler and interpreter bugfixes, component updates, plus other changes and bugfixes.

XBLite 2.2.0 has been released. XBLite is a BASIC-like language and compiler for Windows, derived from XBasic.

This release includes: new optimizations, new demo programs, support for line continuation using the underscore character, and other changes.

Gambas 1.9.42 has been released. Gambas is a BASIC implementation with object-oriented extensions.

This release includes: development environment improvements, GB.RaiseLater() for posting an event to an object, plus other changes and bugfixes.

BBC BASIC for Windows 5.30a has been released. It is an implementation of BBC BASIC for Microsoft Windows systems.

This release includes: the automatic dword-alignment of structures, a faster RND function, improved support for hyperthreaded and multiprocessor systems, documentation updates, plus other changes and bugfixes.