<s>
Atari	B-Language
ST	I-Language
BASIC	I-Language
(	O
or	O
ST	B-Language
Basic	I-Language
)	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
dialect	O
of	O
BASIC	O
that	O
was	O
produced	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
line	O
of	O
computers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
BASIC	B-Language
interpreter	I-Language
was	O
bundled	O
with	O
all	O
new	O
STs	O
in	O
the	O
early	O
years	O
of	O
the	O
ST	O
's	O
lifespan	O
,	O
and	O
quickly	O
became	O
the	O
standard	O
BASIC	O
for	O
that	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Atari	O
Corporation	O
commissioned	O
MetaComCo	B-Device
to	O
write	O
a	O
version	O
of	O
BASIC	O
that	O
would	O
take	O
advantage	O
of	O
the	O
GEM	B-Application
environment	O
on	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
based	O
on	O
a	O
version	O
already	O
written	O
for	O
Digital	O
Research	O
called	O
DR-Basic	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
bundled	O
with	O
DR	O
's	O
CP/M	B-Operating_System
-86	I-Operating_System
operating	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
result	O
was	O
called	O
ST	B-Language
BASIC	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
time	O
the	O
ST	O
was	O
launched	O
,	O
ST	B-Language
BASIC	I-Language
was	O
bundled	O
with	O
all	O
new	O
STs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
further	O
port	O
of	O
the	O
same	O
language	O
called	O
ABasiC	O
ended	O
up	O
being	O
supplied	O
for	O
a	O
time	O
with	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
but	O
Commodore	O
quickly	O
replaced	O
it	O
with	O
the	O
Microsoft-developed	O
AmigaBASIC	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
user	B-Application
interface	I-Application
consists	O
of	O
four	O
windows	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
windows	O
can	O
only	O
be	O
selected	O
with	O
the	O
mouse	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
ST	B-Language
BASIC	I-Language
has	O
many	O
bugs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
257	O
^	O
2	O
not	O
being	O
equivalent	O
)	O
the	O
magazine	O
recommended	O
"avoid[ing]	O
ST	B-Language
BASIC	I-Language
for	O
serious	O
programming	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Regarding	O
reports	O
that	O
MetaComCo	B-Device
was	O
"	O
one	O
bug	O
away	O
"	O
from	O
releasing	O
a	O
long-delayed	O
update	O
to	O
the	O
language	O
,	O
it	O
jokingly	O
wondered	O
"	O
whether	O
Atari	O
has	O
only	O
one	O
more	O
bug	O
to	O
eliminate	O
from	O
ST	B-Language
BASIC	I-Language
or	O
one	O
more	O
to	O
add	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
relatively	O
low	O
quality	O
of	O
ST	B-Language
BASIC	I-Language
quickly	O
opened	O
up	O
a	O
market	O
for	O
third-party	O
BASICs	O
on	O
the	O
ST	O
.	O
FaST	O
BASIC	O
and	O
GFA	B-Device
BASIC	I-Device
were	O
two	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
of	O
these	O
third-party	O
BASICs	O
to	O
be	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
compilers	B-Language
and	O
run-time	O
executables	O
started	O
to	O
appear	O
for	O
these	O
BASICs	O
that	O
produced	O
executable	O
code	O
that	O
could	O
run	O
on	O
all	O
STs	O
,	O
and	O
type-in	O
programs	O
became	O
less	O
fashionable	O
,	O
so	O
there	O
was	O
no	O
longer	O
a	O
need	O
for	O
a	O
standard	O
BASIC	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
then	O
,	O
HiSoft	O
BASIC	O
,	O
Omikron	O
BASIC	O
and	O
STOS	B-Language
BASIC	I-Language
had	O
appeared	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Understanding	O
Atari	B-Language
ST	I-Language
BASIC	I-Language
Programming	O
—	O
by	O
Tim	O
Knight	O
,	O
copyright	O
1986	O
,	O
</s>
<s>
Atari	B-Language
ST	I-Language
BASIC	I-Language
Quick	O
Reference	O
Guide	O
—	O
by	O
Atari	O
,	O
copyright	O
1986	O
,	O
revision	O
A	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ST	B-Language
BASIC	I-Language
Sourcebook	O
and	O
Tutorial	O
—	O
by	O
Atari	O
,	O
copyright	O
1986	O
,	O
Revision	O
B	O
.	O
</s>
