What is a good BASIC compiler for Mac OSX?

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What is a good BASIC compiler for Mac OSX?

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edited Apr 23 '11 at 23:10 Bavarious 37.8k773112

asked Nov 5 '10 at 22:44 uckabee 4018

All I can tell you based on personal experience is that The Beagle Compiler (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beagle_Bros) running under Virtual II (virtualii.com) probably works like a champ. :-) 20 GOTO 10 –  Ben Zotto Apr 23 '11 at 23:16

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I would have to say REALBasic.

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answered Nov 5 '10 at 22:52 RCProgramming 320111

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• REALbasic
• Objective-Basic
• PureBasic
• KBasic (free)
• Chipmunk Basic (free)

Most of these have trial versions that you can check out for at least 30 days before deciding to buy. REALbasic is an awesome tool, and I've wanted to try Objective-Basic for a long time. KBasic looks promising, especially considering the price.

And then there's always the option of running BSD/Unix/Linux-based tools in OS X, as well as Windows programs if you have an Intel-based Mac.

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answered Nov 6 '10 at 6:52 Cody Gray 87.6k10130220

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PureBasic is probably the most full featured but it is a lower level language. REALbasic looks good but I've had horrible experience with it trying to do anything "real".

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answered Apr 23 '11 at 22:52 Mitchell V 30827

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FutureBasic http://4toc.com/fb/index.htm