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start [2020/02/20 07:59] – [Welcome to the XC=BASIC Wiki] neilsstart [2020/07/04 18:44] neils
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 ====== Welcome to the XC=BASIC Wiki ====== ====== Welcome to the XC=BASIC Wiki ======
  
-**XC=BASIC** is a dialect of the BASIC programming language for the Commodore-64 and **xcbasic64** is a cross-compiler that compiles **XC=BASIC** source code to 6502 machine code.+**XC=BASIC** is a dialect of the BASIC programming language for the Commodore-64 and **xcbasic64** is a cross-compiler that compiles **XC=BASIC** source code to 6502 machine code. The language is [[extensions|extensible]].
  
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   * Cross development - use your favourite OS/editor/etc.   * Cross development - use your favourite OS/editor/etc.
   * Higher execution speed - no interpreter, the source is compiled to pure machine code.   * Higher execution speed - no interpreter, the source is compiled to pure machine code.
-  * More available RAM - the program does not require the BASIC ROM to be presentwhich means the program code may span from $0801 to $CFFF - a total of 50K!+  * More available RAM - the **XC=BASIC** runtime banks out the BASIC ROM by defaultthus allowing to have a continuous RAM space from  $0801 to $CFFF (~50K).
  
 ===== Advanced features ===== ===== Advanced features =====