FreeBASIC is a free and open source multiplatform compiler and programming language based on BASIC, designed by Andre Victor T. Vicentini and first released in 2004. It provides syntax compatible with programs originally written for Microsoft QuickBASIC, while also adding modern features such as object oriented programming and operator overloading that QuickBASIC never had. Unlike QuickBASIC, FreeBASIC is a command line compiler by default, and a separate integrated development environment must be installed to get an editor. The compiler is licensed under the GNU General Public License version 2 or later, with its standard libraries under the Lesser GPL, and it runs on Windows, Linux, FreeBSD and, in the past, MS-DOS and Xbox, though the Xbox port is no longer maintained. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Can FreeBASIC programs use C libraries?
According to the FreeBASIC website, "FreeBASIC fully supports the use of C libraries and has partial C++ library support."
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1. Wikidata: FreeBASIC
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FreeBASIC provides syntax compatibility with programs originally written in Microsoft QuickBASIC (QB).
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The compiler is licensed under the GNU General Public License version 2 or later, with its standard libraries under the Lesser GPL, and it runs on Windows, Linux, FreeBSD and, in the past, MS-DOS and Xbox, though the Xbox port is no longer maintained.
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FreeBASIC is a free and open source multiplatform compiler and programming language based on BASIC licensed under the GNU GPL for Microsoft Windows, protected-mode MS-DOS (DOS extender), Linux, FreeBSD and Xbox.
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