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BASIC dialects

BASIC remains one of the fastest ways to get visible results on retro machines. The IDE supports several dialects — pick the one that matches your target platform.

Dialects in the IDE

Topic Description
Commodore BASIC V2 ROM BASIC on C64, VIC-20, PET — line numbers, POKE/PEEK, GOTO
XC-BASIC 3 Cross-compiled BASIC-like language for Commodore-class targets
BBC BASIC BBC Micro's structured BASIC — procedures, functions, inline assembler
ZX BASIC (Boriel) Compiled BASIC for ZX Spectrum — types, SUB/FUNCTION, fast execution
Color BASIC Dragon 32 and TRS-80 CoCo built-in BASIC — PLAY, PMODE, JOYSTK

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