basgo compiles BASIC-lang to Golang. Then go build can translate the code to native executable binary.
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In order to build the 'basgo-build' compiler, a recent version of Go is required.
If your system lacks Go, this recipe will install a current release of Go:
git clone https://github.com/udhos/update-golang
cd update-golang
sudo ./update-golang.sh
For Windows systems, get the Go installer here: https://golang.org/dl/
Versions up to 0.4 of 'basgo-build' compiler did not require GCC.
In version 0.5 the experimental support for graphics introduced GCC as requirement.
This is a quick recipe on how to install mingw64 on Windows.
- Download x86_64-8.1.0-release-posix-sjlj-rt_v6-rev0.7z from:
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Extract the folder 'mingw64' as c:\mingw64
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Add c:\mingw64\bin to %PATH%
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Test GCC:
Open CMD.exe and run 'gcc --version':
C:\Users\evert>gcc --version
gcc (x86_64-posix-sjlj-rev0, Built by MinGW-W64 project) 8.1.0
Copyright (C) 2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
C:\Users\evert>
If you don't want to hack the compiler, you can download a precompiled binary release here:
https://github.com/udhos/basgo/releases
The recipe below will install 'basgo-build' under "~/go/bin".
git clone https://github.com/udhos/basgo
cd basgo
go get modernc.org/goyacc
go generate ./basparser
go install ./basgo-build
If you want to hack the compiler, perform a full build (including tests):
git clone https://github.com/udhos/basgo
cd basgo
./build.sh
The utility 'basc' performs the full compilation steps automatically:
# On Linux
echo '10 print "hello world"' > hello.bas
basc hello.bas ;# compile hello.bas to ./hello/hello
./hello/hello ;# execute the resulting binary
rem On Windows
echo 10 print "hello world" > hello.bas
basc hello.bas ;# compile hello.bas to .\hello\hello.exe
.\hello\hello ;# execute the resulting binary
basgo-build < program.bas > program.go
go run program.go ;# builds and runs program.go
The compiler currently can handle many simple programs.
Limitations include lack of support for sound, graphics and hardware-specific instructions (POKE, PEEK, etc).
See also known issues: https://github.com/udhos/basgo/issues
basgo-build < examples/game.bas > game.go
go run game.go ;# builds and runs game.go
$ echo '10 print "hello world!"' | basgo-build > a.go
$
$ go run a.go
hello world!
$
_GOFUNC() is a BASIC keyword introduced by the 'basgo' compiler in order to call a Go function from BASIC code.
10 result = _GOFUNC("func_name", arg1, arg2, ..., argN)
20 print result
See gofunc
Status: the interpreter currently can only parse simple programs, but is unable to execute anything.
# interpreter interactively reads from stdin
basgo-run
https://www.completelyfreesoftware.com/old_games.html - A Collection Of 1980s Games
http://www.dunnington.info/public/startrek/index.html - Star Trek
https://sparcie.wordpress.com/tag/gwbasic/ - Few GW-BASIC games
http://www.eddiesegoura.com/Games/ - BASIC Games
http://peyre.x10.mx/GWBASIC/ - A page about GWBASIC Games & Other Programs
http://www.ifarchive.org/indexes/if-archive/games/source/basic/
http://www.moorecad.com/classicbasic/index.html - Classic Basic Games Page
http://www.classicbasicgames.org/ - Classic BASIC Games
http://www.vintage-basic.net/games.html - BASIC Computer Games
https://hwiegman.home.xs4all.nl/gw-man/ - GW-BASIC User's Guide
http://www.antonis.de/qbebooks/gwbasman/ - GW-BASIC User's Guide
http://www.antonis.de/qbebooks/gwbasman/chapter%206.html - Operators
https://robhagemans.github.io/pcbasic/doc/1.2/#guide - Language Guide
http://www.worldofspectrum.org/ZXBasicManual/ - SINCLAIR ZX SPECTRUM - BASIC Programming
https://github.com/robhagemans/pcbasic - GW-BASIC emulator
https://github.com/skx/gobasic/ - BASIC interpreter in Golang
https://github.com/fyne-io/fyne - UI toolkit
https://github.com/faiface/pixel - 2D game library
https://github.com/fogleman/gg - 2D rendering only, does not send to screen