AmigaBASIC - Other BASIC Languages For AmigaOS

Other BASIC Languages For AmigaOS

• A/C Basic by Absoft was a compiler for AmigaBASIC programs that turned them into native executables that could be run without AmigaBASIC or the program's source code being present.
• ABasiC was a non-Microsoft Basic produced by Metacomco that was shipped with Amiga 1000 systems with Workbench 1.0, before AmigaBasic was available. ABasiC provided a more traditional Basic programming environment, requiring numbered lines and lacking support for Intuition windowing. ABasiC did provide very good support for Amiga graphics and sound features otherwise, however.
• ACE was an AmigaBASIC compiler, written by David Benn. The compiler produced Motorola 68000 assembly language which could be assembled and linked into native Amiga executables. The primary benefits were performance, lower run-time memory requirements, the ability to execute software without AmigaBASIC, and the ability to distribute software without having to release the actual source code. ACE also provided additional language constructs to expand upon the capability of the AmigaBASIC language.
• AMOS BASIC, developed by François Lionet, was a commercial language which provided extensive support for the Amiga's graphics hardware and was designed primarily for games programming. It was used to write several commercial games and educational software.
• Blitz BASIC was a direct commercial competitor to AMOS, published by Acid Software. Like AMOS, it was targeted at games programming. Its successor, Blitz Basic 2, was used to write several commercial games, including the popular Team17 game Worms.
• Cursor was another AmigaBASIC editor and compiler.
• GFA BASIC, originally developed for the Atari ST, was ported to the Amiga platform by its author, Frank Ostrowski.
• HiSoft BASIC was another BASIC variant ported from the Atari ST to the Amiga.