FreeBASIC

FreeBASIC is a free/open source (GPL), 32-bit BASIC compiler for Microsoft Windows, protected-mode DOS (DOS extender), Linux, FreeBSD and Xbox (no longer maintained). According to its official website, FreeBASIC provides syntax compatibility with programs originally written in QuickBASIC. Unlike QuickBASIC, however, FreeBASIC is a compiler only and users must manually download, install and configure their IDE of choice. IDEs specifically catered to FreeBASIC include FBide and FbEdit. On its backend, FreeBASIC makes use of GNU binutils in order to produce console and GUI applications. FreeBASIC supports the linking and creation of C static and dynamic libraries and has limited support for C++ libraries. As a result, code compiled in...