Language
The actual language is a modified version of Microsoft's QBasic language, but ported over to the .Net Framework. The traditional 'Hello World' can be written as:
TextWindow.Write("Hello World")or:
TextWindow.WriteLine("Hello World")The first example just writes 'Hello World', but the second example writes 'Hello World' then enters a new line below it.
Note that traditional Basic variants, including Microsoft QuickBasic, used a different syntax:
print "Hello World"The language itself is Turing complete and supports concepts like conditional branching and loops. Variables are typeless and dynamic, and there are no scoping rules. The language supports subroutines and the runtime uses them for event handling purposes.
Read more about this topic: Microsoft Small Basic
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