<s>
BCX	B-Language
is	O
a	O
free	O
,	O
open	O
source	O
BASIC	B-Language
to	O
C/C	B-Language
++	I-Language
computer	O
language	O
translator	O
started	O
by	O
Kevin	O
Diggins	O
in	O
1999	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
current	O
official	O
BCX	B-Language
website	O
https://BcxBasicCoders.com	O
came	O
online	O
in	O
October	O
2019	O
,	O
following	O
several	O
years	O
of	O
non-development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BCX	B-Language
converts	B-Language
a	O
common	O
procedural	O
form	O
of	O
BASIC	B-Language
source	O
code	O
to	O
C/C	B-Language
++	I-Language
source	O
code	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
compiled	O
using	O
many	O
C/C	B-Language
++	I-Language
compilers	O
for	O
Microsoft	O
Windows	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
many	O
years	O
,	O
most	O
implementations	O
of	O
BASIC	B-Language
shared	O
a	O
nagging	O
drawback	O
-	O
BASIC	B-Language
programs	O
performed	O
slower	O
than	O
similar	O
programs	O
that	O
were	O
created	O
using	O
C/C	B-Language
++	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
BCX	B-Language
helped	O
change	O
that	O
by	O
giving	O
BASIC	B-Language
programmers	O
the	O
joy	O
of	O
programming	O
in	O
a	O
modern	O
BASIC	B-Language
language	I-Language
while	O
coupling	O
its	O
output	O
with	O
the	O
high	O
performance	O
of	O
a	O
C/C	B-Language
++	I-Language
compiler	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BCX	B-Language
is	O
written	O
in	O
the	O
BCX	B-Language
BASIC	B-Language
language	I-Language
,	O
making	O
BCX	B-Language
a	O
self-translating	O
translator	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BCX	B-Language
was	O
made	O
an	O
open	O
source	O
project	O
in	O
2004.Since	O
then	O
,	O
several	O
members	O
of	O
the	O
BCX	B-Language
community	O
have	O
led	O
the	O
development	O
and	O
maintenance	O
of	O
the	O
BCX	B-Language
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Past	O
project	O
forks	O
have	O
resulted	O
in	O
variants	O
of	O
BCX	B-Language
that	O
helped	O
produce	O
applications	O
for	O
Linux	O
,	O
Apple	O
,	O
and	O
Atari	O
operating	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BCX	B-Language
contains	O
statements	O
and	O
functions	O
that	O
simplify	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
Windows	O
desktop	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
many	O
BASIC	B-Language
implementations	O
that	O
rely	O
on	O
run-time	O
engines	O
and/or	O
frameworks	O
,	O
the	O
combination	O
of	O
BCX	B-Language
and	O
most	O
C/C	B-Language
++	I-Language
compilers	O
produce	O
small	O
,	O
efficient	O
,	O
high-performing	O
native	O
code	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BCX	B-Language
assists	O
in	O
creating	O
desktop	O
,	O
library	O
,	O
and	O
console	O
apps	O
for	O
32-bit	O
and	O
64-bit	O
versions	O
of	O
Windows	O
using	O
only	O
the	O
Microsoft	O
Windows	O
Application	O
Programming	O
Interface	O
(	O
WINAPI	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
