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basgo compiles BASIC-lang to Golang.
basgo compiles BASIC-lang to Golang. Then go build can translate the code to native executable binary.
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Requirements
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/
Version 0.5 requires GCC
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.
Windows
If you want to run the basgo compiler on Windows, see the file README-windows.md.
Install git for Windows
Install mingw64 to provide GCC for Windows
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>
Install
If you don't want to hack the compiler, you can download a precompiled binary release here:
https://github.com/udhos/basgo/releases
Install only the 'basgo-build' compiler
The recipe below will install 'basgo-build' under "~/go/bin".
# if you don't have goyacc yet
go get -d modernc.org/goyacc ;# if Go < 1.17
go install modernc.org/goyacc@latest ;# if Go >= 1.17
git clone https://github.com/udhos/basgo
cd basgo
go generate ./basparser
go install ./basgo-build
Full install for development
If you want to hack the compiler, perform a full build (including tests):
git clone https://github.com/udhos/basgo
cd basgo
./build.sh
Run the Compiler
Run the script 'basc'
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
Run the compiler manually
basgo-build < program.bas > program.go
go run program.go ;# builds and runs program.go
Status and Limitations
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
Example
basgo-build < examples/game.bas > game.go
go run game.go ;# builds and runs game.go
Sample - Hello World
$ echo '10 print "hello world!"' | basgo-build > a.go
$
$ go run a.go
hello world!
$
Use _GOFUNC to call Go function from BASIC code
_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
Run the Interpreter
Status: the interpreter currently can only parse simple programs, but is unable to execute anything.
# interpreter interactively reads from stdin
basgo-run
BASIC References
BASIC programs and games
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
BASIC documentation
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
BASIC interpreters and compilers
https://github.com/robhagemans/pcbasic - GW-BASIC emulator
https://github.com/skx/gobasic/ - BASIC interpreter in Golang
https://github.com/navionguy/basicwasm - Web UI for GWBasic programs compiled to wasm
2D Graphics Packages
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