Category:Minimal BASIC

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Minimal BASIC
This programming language may be used to instruct a computer to perform a task.
Lang tag(s): basic
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Listed below are all of the tasks on Rosetta Code which have been solved using Minimal BASIC.
Minimal BASIC is an implementation of BASIC. Other implementations of BASIC.

Minimal BASIC is a standard for a very small subset of the BASIC programming language. It was established through the strict co-operation between ECMA and ANSI. It is specified in ECMA Standard 55, ANSI X3.60-1978, and ISO/IEC 6373:1984. It has a rigorous test suite (initially NBSIR 77-1420 from 1978) to ensure that vendors supplying computer systems to the US Federal government met compatibility guidelines.

The language is very limited:

  • Line numbers are required.
  • No string manipulation commands.
  • All variables must be defined or modified using the LET keyword.
  • The only loop structure is FOR … TO … STEP …, with loop parameters fixed at entry.
  • All programs must end with an END statement.

Standard ECMA-55 references to the standards ECMA-6 (7-Bit Input/Output Coded Charcater Set) and ECMA-53 (Representation of Source Programs).

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ECMA and ANSI also prepared a standard for Full BASIC (Standard ECMA-116).