BASICA

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Aliases: IBM BASICA, Advanced BASIC
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Sources mentioning this language

3 sources · pl_id: pl/basic-a
LLM (this repo) · 1WikipediaWikidata · Q465747

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First appeared1983
LicenseCopyright © 1983 Optimized Systems Software Proprietary

Related languages

BASIC-360 (0.29)BBC BASIC (0.23)Beta BASIC (0.22)Mallard BASIC (0.21)Run BASIC (0.21)

LLM-contributed programs

Number Squares and Greeting

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10 CLS
20 PRINT "BASICA Example Program"
30 PRINT "======================"
40 PRINT
50 FOR I = 1 TO 10
60     PRINT "Number: "; I; " Square: "; I*I
70 NEXT I
80 PRINT
90 INPUT "Enter your name: ", NAME$
100 PRINT "Hello, "; NAME$; "!"
110 END

Real programs from Software Heritage

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