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Welcome to XC=BASIC 3
XC=BASIC is a cross compiled, modern BASIC programming language for 8-bit Commodore machines, such as
- Commodore-64
- Commodore VIC-20
- Commodore-16
- Commodore Plus/4
It compiles BASIC source code to fast machine code. Although not 100% compatible, its syntax was designed to be similar to that of QuickBASIC and CBM BASIC.
Warning
XC=BASIC 3 is currently in beta state. Click here if you're looking for the latest stable version.
Language characteristics
- Statically typed - 7 data types for different purposes.
- Advanced control flow statements.
- Local, global and shared scopes.
- Static or recursive subroutines and functions, forward declaration, overloading, etc.
- User-defined types with methods - similar to OOP classes.
- The runtime library depends on KERNAL only, BASIC ROM is banked out while running.
- Extensible through libraries.
The term “XC=BASIC” stands for “Cross Compiled BASIC”.
About the author
My name is Csaba and I'm the author of XC=BASIC. If you have any questions or suggestions feel free to email me to feketecsaba (at) gmail (dot) com or mention @xc_basic in your tweet. If you like what I do, consider supporting me on Ko-fi or donating a few cryptos! Thank you and happy coding!
Thanks
A big thank you goes to those who helped improving XC=BASIC 3 and its documentation:
- JakeBullet
- Thraka
- Shawn
- mrg-75
- orlof