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QBasic (Microsoft Quick Beginners All purpose Symbolic Instruction Code)
is an IDE and interpreter for a variant of the Basic programming
language which is based on QuickBASIC. QuickBasic is a programming
language developed by Microsoft for use in the MS-DOS operating
system. It is the successor of earlier forms of BASIC (Beginners
All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code), a simple programming language
for beginning programmers. QB is an ideal programming language for
beginners because of its intuitive commands, simple structure and
flexibility. It is well-documented, and hundreds of tutorials and
sample programs are available for download on the Internet. QBASIC is
a a stripped-down version of QuickBasic that Microsoft released in
1991, which was included for free with MS-DOS 5 and later versions.
It also comes packed-in with the Windows 95 and Windows 98 operating
systems. QBASIC
is shareware.
Code
entered into the IDE is compiled to an intermediate form, and this
intermediate form is immediately interpreted on demand within the
IDE. It can run under nearly all versions of DOS and Windows, or
through DOSBox/DOSEMU, on Linux and FreeBSD.
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