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{{language|BASIC256
BASIC-256 is an easy to use version of BASIC designed to teach anybody (especially middle and high-school students) the basics of computer programming. It uses traditional control structures like gosub, for/next, and goto, which helps kids easily see how program flow-control works. It has a built-in graphics mode which lets them draw pictures on screen in minutes, and a set of detailed, easy-to-follow tutorials that introduce programming concepts through fun exercises.▼
|site=http://www.basic256.org
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{{implementation|BASIC}}
▲'''BASIC-256''' is an easy to use version of [[BASIC]] designed to teach anybody (especially middle and high-school students) the basics of computer programming. It uses traditional control structures like gosub, for/next, and goto, which helps kids easily see how program flow-control works. It has a built-in graphics mode which lets them draw pictures on screen in minutes, and a set of detailed, easy-to-follow tutorials that introduce programming concepts through fun exercises.
; Features
BASIC256 is open source and available for LINUX, Windows and MAC. For more information see [http://www.basic256.org http://www.basic256.org] or to download and install [http://sourceforge.net/projects/kidbasic/ http://sourceforge.net/projects/kidbasic/].▼
* fast graphics suitable for animation
* native [[speech synthesis]]
* mouse and keyboard events
* graphic files manipulation (saving, retrieving)
* playing sounds from WAV files
* sprites handling
* database functions
* socket networking
* error handling
* files I/O
* true functions/subroutines (version 0.9.9.1 and later)
; Disadvantages
* BASIC-256 does not support three- and N-dimensional arrays in general (N>2)
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BASIC256 is open source and available for [[Linux]], [[Windows]] and [[Mac]].
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