GW-BASIC

Dialect of the BASIC programming language

Developer: Microsoft
Founded: 1983
License: MIT License
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1.api.github.com/repos/microsoft/GW-BASICRetrieved 2020-07-19
2.github.com/microsoft/GW-BASIC/blob/master/LICENSE
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GW-BASIC is a dialect of the BASIC programming language developed by Microsoft from IBM BASICA. Functionally identical to BASICA, its BASIC interpreter is a fully self-contained executable and does not need the Cassette BASIC ROM found in the original. It was bundled with MS-DOS operating systems on IBM PC–compatibles by Microsoft.

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Influenced by: IBM Advanced BASIC
Copyright status: copyrighted

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