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id true-basic
name True BASIC
appeared 1983
creators John George Kemeny and Thomas E. Kurtz
tags pl

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wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/True_BASIC
 example
  !Draw the Car
  SET WINDOW 0,20,0,20
  SET COLOR 5
  BOX AREA 2,6,2,3
  BOX AREA 9,13,2,3
  BOX AREA 16,20,2,3
  SET COLOR 249
  PLOT LINES :0,5;20,5
  FLOOD 10,1
  BOX KEEP 0,20,0,5 IN road$
  BOX CIRCLE 2,3,5,6
  FLOOD 2.5,5.5
  BOX CIRCLE 5,6,5,6
  FLOOD 5.5,5.5
  SET COLOR 35
  PLOT LINES :2.5,6;5.5,6
  PLOT LINES :5,6;8,6;8,8;6,8;6,10;2,10;2,8;0,8;0,6;3,6
  FLOOD 4,8
  SET COLOR 248
  BOX AREA 4,5,8,9
  
  BOX KEEP 0,8,5,10 IN car$ !Save the car in 'car$'
   
  FOR x=1 TO 20 STEP 1 !Create a 'for' loop
      BOX SHOW road$ AT 0,0
      BOX SHOW car$ AT x,5
      PAUSE .1
      CLEAR
  NEXT x !End the 'for' loop
  
  END !End the programs
 related basic dartmouth-basic microsoft-basic gw-basic trs-80-color-computer assembly-language cbasic isbn
 summary True BASIC is a variant of the BASIC programming language descended from Dartmouth BASIC — the original BASIC — invented by college professors John G. Kemeny and Thomas E. Kurtz.
 created 2001
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 appeared 1983

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