<s>
GLBasic	B-Language
is	O
a	O
commercial	O
BASIC	O
programming	O
language	O
that	O
can	O
compile	B-Language
to	O
various	O
platforms	O
including	O
Windows	B-Application
,	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
some	O
handheld	B-Application
devices	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
GLBasic	B-Language
started	O
as	O
an	O
interpreted	B-Application
language	I-Application
with	O
2D	O
commands	O
(	O
GL	O
stands	O
for	O
Graphics	O
Language	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
now	O
uses	O
the	O
GCC	B-Application
compiler	I-Application
for	O
many	O
different	O
platforms	O
to	O
achieve	O
fast	O
,	O
native	B-Language
code	I-Language
results	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
GLBasic	B-Language
precompiler	O
"	O
GPC	O
"	O
converts	O
the	O
simple	O
BASIC	O
language	O
into	O
C++	B-Language
code	I-Language
and	O
compiles	B-Language
it	O
later	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Thus	O
,	O
the	O
user	O
can	O
extend	O
GLBasic	B-Language
using	O
the	O
INLINE	O
command	O
to	O
mix	O
C/C	O
++	O
code	O
directly	O
with	O
GLBasic	B-Language
source	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Due	O
to	O
this	O
,	O
GLBasic	B-Language
can	O
easily	O
access	O
third-party	O
dynamic	O
libraries	O
on	O
all	O
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
GLBasic	B-Language
SDK	B-Application
comes	O
with	O
an	O
IDE	B-Application
,	O
debugger	B-Application
,	O
and	O
a	O
graphics	O
engine	O
built	O
on	O
OpenGL	B-Application
(	O
or	O
OpenGL	B-Application
ES	I-Application
)	O
for	O
the	O
platforms	O
Windows	B-Application
,	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
,	O
iOS	B-Application
,	O
and	O
WebOS	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
handheld	B-Application
devices	I-Application
(	O
Windows	B-Operating_System
Mobile	I-Operating_System
,	O
GP2X	B-Device
,	O
and	O
GP2X	B-Device
Wiz	I-Device
)	O
,	O
GLBasic	B-Language
uses	O
its	O
own	O
close-to-hardware	O
routines	O
for	O
fast	O
graphics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
compile	B-Language
for	O
the	O
iPhone	B-Device
or	O
iPad	B-Device
,	O
you	O
will	O
need	O
an	O
iMac	B-Device
(	O
on	O
which	O
to	O
compile	B-Language
the	O
generated	O
code	O
-	O
to	O
comply	O
with	O
Apple	O
's	O
requirements	O
)	O
and	O
the	O
latest	O
version	O
of	O
Xcode	B-Operating_System
,	O
which	O
is	O
a	O
free	O
download	O
from	O
the	O
Apple	O
website	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
be	O
able	O
to	O
actually	O
run	O
the	O
program	O
on	O
an	O
iPhone	B-Device
or	O
iPad	B-Device
(	O
GLBasic	B-Language
programs	O
will	O
not	O
work	O
on	O
the	O
emulator	O
)	O
,	O
you	O
need	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
member	O
of	O
the	O
iPhone	B-Device
Apple	B-Operating_System
Developer	I-Operating_System
Connection	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
the	O
8.054	O
beta	O
,	O
it	O
became	O
possible	O
to	O
compile	B-Language
for	O
the	O
Open	B-Device
Pandora	I-Device
machine	O
as	O
well	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
lack	O
of	O
Windows	B-Application
programming	O
tools	O
half	O
of	O
the	O
compiling	B-Language
process	O
is	O
performed	O
on	O
Windows	B-Application
,	O
and	O
the	O
other	O
half	O
on	O
the	O
actual	O
machine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
version	O
10	O
,	O
the	O
IDE	B-Application
directly	O
builds	O
packages	O
on	O
Windows	B-Application
for	O
the	O
Pandora	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
8.230	O
and	O
above	O
can	O
compile	B-Language
for	O
the	O
Web-OS	O
devices	O
like	O
the	O
Palm	B-Application
Pre	I-Application
without	O
additional	O
hardware	O
or	O
developer	O
program	O
membership	O
requirements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Support	O
for	O
the	O
HP	B-Application
TouchPad	I-Application
was	O
added	O
in	O
September	O
2011	O
via	O
a	O
web-update	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
10.057	O
added	O
support	O
to	O
build	O
application	O
packages	O
running	O
on	O
Android	B-Application
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GLBasic	B-Language
comes	O
with	O
numerous	O
examples	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Apps	O
created	O
with	O
GLBasic	B-Language
can	O
be	O
uploaded	O
to	O
the	O
Apple	B-Application
App	I-Application
Store	I-Application
,	O
Google	B-Application
Play	I-Application
,	O
and	O
HP	O
's	O
App	O
Catalog	O
;	O
all	O
of	O
which	O
require	O
a	O
developer	O
account	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
Apple	B-Application
iOS	I-Application
the	O
iOS	B-Operating_System
Developer	I-Operating_System
Program	I-Operating_System
costs	O
US$99	O
per	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
apps	O
published	O
on	O
the	O
app	B-Application
store	I-Application
are	O
required	O
to	O
undergo	O
a	O
two-week	O
,	O
review-and-approval	O
process	O
prior	O
to	O
publication	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
Android	B-Application
there	O
is	O
a	O
one-time	O
fee	O
of	O
US$25	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Apps	O
published	O
via	O
Google	B-Application
Play	I-Application
Store	I-Application
are	O
not	O
subject	O
to	O
an	O
approval	O
process	O
and	O
are	O
immediately	O
available	O
to	O
the	O
public	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
wrapper	O
for	O
the	O
Intel	B-Application
AppUp	I-Application
Centre	O
SDK	B-Application
is	O
also	O
available	O
for	O
GLBasic	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
GLBasic	B-Language
has	O
the	O
following	O
features	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Types	O
within	O
type	O
and	O
dynamic	B-Data_Structure
arrays	I-Data_Structure
are	O
allowed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
C	B-Language
code	O
can	O
be	O
included	O
by	O
putting	O
appropriate	O
code	O
between	O
a	O
starting	O
and	O
ending	O
command	O
,	O
or	O
can	O
be	O
included	O
during	O
compilation	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
,	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
,	O
functions	O
within	O
DLLs	O
can	O
be	O
called	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Programs	O
for	O
the	O
iOS	B-Application
can	O
use	O
OpenFeint	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
compiler	B-Language
is	O
cross-platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
You	O
do	O
need	O
an	O
Intel	O
Mac	O
to	O
compile	B-Language
the	O
generated	O
iPhone	B-Device
code	O
though	O
,	O
as	O
per	O
Apple	O
's	O
legal	O
requirements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
editor	O
is	O
Windows	B-Application
only	O
,	O
but	O
can	O
run	O
at	O
a	O
decent	O
speed	O
in	O
most	O
virtual	O
machines	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
Wine	B-Application
though	O
,	O
you	O
can	O
only	O
compile	B-Language
for	O
windows	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
GLBasic	B-Language
comes	O
with	O
the	O
source	O
code	O
to	O
DDgui	O
,	O
an	O
easy-to-use	O
GUI	O
system	O
,	O
allowing	O
all	O
supported	O
platforms	O
to	O
have	O
the	O
same	O
look	O
and	O
feel	O
across	O
all	O
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
Windows	B-Application
,	O
Linux	B-Application
and	O
Mac	O
GLBasic	B-Language
has	O
ported	O
a	O
Tcl/Tk	B-Application
wrapper	O
that	O
offers	O
a	O
native	O
OS	O
look	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GLBasic	B-Language
has	O
gone	O
through	O
the	O
following	O
revisions	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
4.0	O
-	O
Introduced	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
interface	O
with	O
Window	O
's	O
DLLs	O
and	O
introduced	O
compiling	B-Language
for	O
the	O
Xbox	O
(	O
if	O
Linux	B-Application
is	O
installed	O
on	O
it	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
should	O
also	O
run	O
on	O
standard	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
although	O
there	O
is	O
no	O
hardware	O
acceleration	O
,	O
so	O
programs	O
run	O
much	O
slower	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
6.0	O
-	O
Introduced	O
integers	O
into	O
GLBasic	B-Language
for	O
the	O
first	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
7.0	O
-	O
Introduced	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
compile	B-Language
for	O
Apple	O
iPhone	B-Device
and	O
iPod	O
Touch	O
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
9.0	O
-	O
Introduced	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
compile	B-Language
for	O
Palm	B-Operating_System
WebOS	I-Operating_System
(	O
Palm	B-Application
Pre	I-Application
,	O
Palm	O
Pixi	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
Version	O
8	O
,	O
GLBasic	B-Language
added	O
basic	O
object-oriented	O
commands	O
to	O
the	O
TYPE	O
command	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
8	O
can	O
encrypt	O
and	O
decrypt	O
strings	O
using	O
128-bit	O
Blowfish	B-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
Due	O
to	O
the	O
author	O
having	O
problems	O
with	O
ARM64	O
iOS	B-Application
compilers	B-Language
,	O
various	O
other	O
problems	O
,	O
and	O
insufficient	O
time	O
to	O
update	O
the	O
software	O
,	O
the	O
source	O
code	O
(	O
and	O
the	O
forum	O
post	O
about	O
it	O
)	O
was	O
made	O
to	O
those	O
forum	O
members	O
who	O
had	O
a	O
post	O
count	O
of	O
at	O
least	O
100	O
.	O
</s>
