<s>
AMOS	B-Language
BASIC	I-Language
is	O
a	O
dialect	O
of	O
the	O
BASIC	O
programming	O
language	O
for	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
computer	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
on	O
from	O
the	O
successful	O
STOS	B-Language
BASIC	I-Language
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
,	O
AMOS	B-Language
BASIC	I-Language
was	O
written	O
by	O
François	O
Lionet	O
with	O
Constantin	O
Sotiropoulos	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Europress	O
Software	O
in	O
1990	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AMOS	B-Language
competed	O
with	O
Acid	O
Software	O
's	O
Blitz	B-Language
BASIC	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
its	O
speed	O
,	O
AMOS	B-Language
suffered	O
from	O
incompatibility	O
with	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
's	O
operating	B-Application
system	I-Application
functions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
the	O
original	O
AMOS	B-Language
,	O
Europress	O
released	O
Easy	B-Language
AMOS	I-Language
for	O
beginners	O
and	O
AMOS	B-Language
Professional	I-Language
with	O
added	O
features	O
,	O
but	O
neither	O
gained	O
significant	O
popularity	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
language	O
's	O
popularity	O
declined	O
along	O
with	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
computer	I-Device
,	O
but	O
a	O
small	O
community	O
of	O
enthusiasts	O
still	O
exists	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2019	O
,	O
Lionet	O
released	O
AMOS2	O
(	O
now	O
called	O
AOZ	O
Studio	O
)	O
,	O
which	O
uses	O
JavaScript	B-Language
as	O
its	O
code	B-Application
interpreter	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
AMOS	B-Language
competed	O
on	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
platform	I-Device
with	O
Acid	O
Software	O
's	O
Blitz	B-Language
BASIC	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
AMOS	B-Language
was	O
a	O
BASIC	B-Language
interpreter	I-Language
which	O
,	O
whilst	O
working	O
fine	O
,	O
suffered	O
the	O
same	O
disadvantages	O
of	O
any	O
language	O
being	O
run	O
interpretively	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
all	O
accounts	O
,	O
AMOS	B-Language
was	O
extremely	O
fast	O
among	O
interpreted	B-Application
languages	I-Application
,	O
being	O
speedy	O
enough	O
that	O
an	O
extension	O
called	O
AMOS	B-Language
3D	O
could	O
produce	O
playable	O
3D	O
games	O
even	O
on	O
plain	O
7MHz	O
68000	B-Device
Amigas	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
,	O
an	O
AMOS	B-Language
compiler	B-Language
was	O
developed	O
that	O
further	O
increased	O
speed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AMOS	B-Language
could	O
also	O
run	O
MC68000	B-Device
machine	O
code	O
,	O
loaded	O
into	O
a	O
program	O
's	O
memory	O
banks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
simplify	O
animation	O
of	O
sprites	O
,	O
AMOS	B-Language
included	O
the	O
AMOS	B-Language
Animation	O
Language	O
(	O
AMAL	O
)	O
,	O
a	O
compiled	B-Language
sprite	O
scripting	O
language	O
which	O
runs	O
independently	O
of	O
the	O
main	O
AMOS	B-Language
BASIC	I-Language
program	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AMAL	O
scripts	O
in	O
effect	O
created	O
CopperLists	O
,	O
small	O
routines	O
executed	O
by	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
's	O
Agnus	O
chip	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
the	O
original	O
version	O
of	O
AMOS	B-Language
,	O
Europress	O
released	O
a	O
compiler	B-Language
(	O
AMOS	B-Language
Compiler	B-Language
)	O
,	O
and	O
two	O
other	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
language	O
:	O
Easy	B-Language
AMOS	I-Language
,	O
a	O
simpler	O
version	O
for	O
beginners	O
,	O
and	O
AMOS	B-Language
Professional	I-Language
,	O
a	O
more	O
advanced	O
version	O
with	O
added	O
features	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
a	O
better	O
integrated	B-Application
development	I-Application
environment	I-Application
,	O
ARexx	B-Operating_System
support	O
,	O
a	O
new	O
user	B-Application
interface	I-Application
API	O
and	O
new	O
flow	O
control	O
constructs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Neither	O
of	O
these	O
new	O
versions	O
was	O
significantly	O
more	O
popular	O
than	O
the	O
original	O
AMOS	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
AMOS	B-Language
was	O
used	O
mostly	O
to	O
make	O
multimedia	O
software	O
,	O
video	O
games	O
(	O
platformers	O
and	O
graphical	O
adventures	O
)	O
and	O
educational	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
language	O
was	O
mildly	O
successful	O
within	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
community	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Perhaps	O
AMOS	B-Language
BASIC	I-Language
's	O
biggest	O
disadvantage	O
,	O
stemming	O
from	O
its	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
lineage	O
,	O
was	O
its	O
incompatibility	O
with	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
's	O
operating	B-Application
system	I-Application
functions	O
and	O
interfaces	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Instead	O
,	O
AMOS	B-Language
BASIC	I-Language
controlled	O
the	O
computer	O
directly	O
,	O
which	O
caused	O
programs	O
written	O
in	O
it	O
to	O
have	O
a	O
non-standard	O
user	B-Application
interface	I-Application
,	O
and	O
also	O
caused	O
compatibility	O
problems	O
with	O
newer	O
versions	O
of	O
hardware	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Today	O
,	O
the	O
language	O
has	O
declined	O
in	O
popularity	O
along	O
with	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
computer	I-Device
for	O
which	O
it	O
was	O
written	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
source	O
code	O
to	O
AMOS	B-Language
was	O
released	O
around	O
2001	O
under	O
a	O
BSD	B-Operating_System
style	I-Operating_System
license	I-Operating_System
by	O
Clickteam	B-Application
,	O
a	O
company	O
that	O
includes	O
the	O
original	O
programmer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AMOS2	O
replaces	O
STOS	O
and	O
AMOS	B-Language
together	O
,	O
using	O
JavaScript	B-Language
as	O
its	O
code	B-Application
interpreter	I-Application
,	O
making	O
the	O
new	O
development	O
system	O
independent	O
and	O
generally	O
deployed	O
in	O
internet	O
browsers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Amos	B-Language
2	O
is	O
now	O
called	O
AOZ	O
Studio	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Software	O
written	O
using	O
AMOS	B-Language
BASIC	I-Language
includes	O
:	O
</s>
