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- Overview of True BASIC
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- True BASIC, designed by John Kemeny and Tom Kurtz, the authors of the
- original BASIC, is an extremely powerful, yet easily learned,
- structured programming language that offers increased speed,
- extraordinary graphics and great functional flexibility to programmers
- of all levels.
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- The True BASIC Development Package for X Windows consists of the
- platform-independent True BASIC Language System, toolkits for advanced,
- graphics-oriented scientific functions, on-line manual pages, built-in
- matrix operations, dynamic, resizable arrays, local and global
- variables, resursion, PostScript (TM) output, structured error handling,
- modules and pictures for encapsulating data, user-defined coordinate
- systems, mouse and keyboard interfaces, image processing functions,
- animation tools, colormap controls, font manager support, the ability
- to integrate C routines and shell commands into BASIC programs along
- with the option to create compiled or stand-alone executables.
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- The True BASIC Development Package allows the user to create programs
- which take advantage of the powerful graphics of X Windows without the
- complexity normally associated with colormap- based, event-driven window
- systems. At the same time, functions are provided to support X-specific
- features such as shared and dynamic colors, bitmap files, and the fonts.
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- Versions of True BASIC exist for Kanji and German. Numerous books on
- subjects ranging from programming techniques to engineering applications
- are available through True BASIC at:
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- 12 Commerce Avenue
- West Lebanon, NH 03755
- Tel: (603) 298-8517
- Fax: (603) 298-7015
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