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TAKE THINGS FURTHER WITH QB64

was fun but firing up a VM every time we want to write BASIC can be time consuming. Fear not, is a modern-day version of that runs on Linux, Windows and Mac. Download and installation is a breeze and in five minutes we were writing BASIC code in Ubuntu. Code written in is compatible with , but automatically compiles our BASIC code into machine code. It can also be enhanced via extensions for OpenGL enabling eager users to build their own games and programs using this powerful tool.

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