> The interpreter (xbasic) can be used as a shell. It can run basic-scripts in all environments, p.ex. *.cgi-Scripts for handling web-input.

This is both terrifying and something I definitely want to play with.

How have I lived for this long on the interwebs an never realised this was a thing?

I had no idea that we could install third party software on TomTom car navigation systems until just now.

There was also Basmark QuickBasic Compiler for Linux,

https://archive.org/details/bqb49

> X11-Basic will compile on 64bit systems but it will not be 100% functional. X11-Basic internally uses 32bit pointers (--> VARPTR()). These are not compatible with 64bit. Some tricks have been implemented to make it work anyways, but do not expect 100% compatibility.

I recently acquired an SGI Indy and was wondering if there was a good BASIC for it. Will have to check this out and see if it compiles!

2022 https://github.com/kollokollo/X11Basic And https://codeberg.org/kollo/X11Basic

I have said it many times before. You could fill a library with all the problem that BASIC leads too. But at its core is a message that is missing a little from modern computing - the ability to jump in and just get something simple built quick. The idea that you control the machine even if it is slow and sludgy.

This also goes a lot for the leap from command prompts to GUI's. You trade off control for functionality and that is not necessarily a bad thing. I just wish it was easier to get back to a middle path on this. Many have tried but it all seems a little too fragmented.

I definitely have to put X11 (Xwayland) inside https://exaequOS.com for running this version of Basic !