<s>
Gambas	B-Language
is	O
the	O
name	O
of	O
an	O
object-oriented	B-Language
dialect	O
of	O
the	O
BASIC	O
programming	O
language	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
integrated	B-Application
development	I-Application
environment	I-Application
that	O
accompanies	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Designed	O
to	O
run	O
on	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
and	O
other	O
Unix-like	B-Operating_System
computer	B-General_Concept
operating	I-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
,	O
its	O
name	O
is	O
a	O
recursive	O
acronym	O
for	O
Gambas	B-Language
Almost	O
Means	O
Basic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gambas	B-Language
is	O
also	O
the	O
word	O
for	O
prawns	O
in	O
the	O
Spanish	O
,	O
French	O
,	O
and	O
Portuguese	O
languages	O
,	O
from	O
which	O
the	O
project	O
's	O
logos	O
are	O
derived	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gambas	B-Language
was	O
developed	O
by	O
the	O
French	O
programmer	O
Benoît	O
Minisini	O
,	O
with	O
its	O
first	O
release	O
coming	O
in	O
1999	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Benoît	O
had	O
grown	O
up	O
with	O
the	O
BASIC	O
language	O
,	O
and	O
decided	O
to	O
make	O
a	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
development	I-Application
environment	O
that	O
could	O
quickly	O
and	O
easily	O
make	O
programs	O
with	O
user	O
interfaces	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Gambas	B-Language
1.x	O
versions	O
featured	O
an	O
interface	O
made	O
up	O
of	O
several	O
different	O
separate	O
windows	O
for	O
forms	O
and	O
IDE	B-Application
dialogues	O
in	O
a	O
similar	O
fashion	O
to	O
the	O
interface	O
of	O
earlier	O
versions	O
of	O
the	B-Application
GIMP	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
could	O
also	O
only	O
develop	O
applications	O
using	O
Qt	B-Language
and	O
was	O
more	O
oriented	O
towards	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
applications	O
for	O
KDE	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
last	O
release	O
of	O
the	O
1.x	O
versions	O
was	O
Gambas	B-Language
1.0.19	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
of	O
the	O
2.x	O
versions	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
January	O
2	O
,	O
2008	O
,	O
after	O
three	O
to	O
four	O
years	O
of	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
featured	O
a	O
major	O
redesign	O
of	O
the	O
interface	O
,	O
now	O
with	O
all	O
forms	O
and	O
functions	O
embedded	O
in	O
a	O
single	O
window	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
some	O
changes	O
to	O
the	O
Gambas	B-Language
syntax	O
,	O
although	O
for	O
the	O
most	O
part	O
code	O
compatibility	O
was	O
kept	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
featured	O
major	O
updates	O
to	O
existing	O
Gambas	B-Language
components	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
addition	O
of	O
some	O
new	O
ones	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
new	O
components	O
that	O
could	O
use	O
GTK+	B-Application
or	O
SDL	B-Operating_System
for	O
drawing	O
or	O
utilize	O
OpenGL	B-Application
acceleration	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gambas	B-Language
2.x	O
versions	O
can	O
load	O
up	O
and	O
run	O
Gambas	B-Language
1.x	O
projects	O
,	O
with	O
occasional	O
incompatibilities	O
;	O
the	O
same	O
is	O
true	O
for	O
Gambas	B-Language
2.x	O
to	O
3.x	O
,	O
but	O
not	O
from	O
Gambas	B-Language
1.x	O
to	O
3.x	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
next	O
major	O
iteration	O
of	O
Gambas	B-Language
,	O
the	O
3.x	O
versions	O
,	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
December	O
31	O
,	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
2015	O
benchmark	O
published	O
on	O
the	O
Gambas	B-Language
website	O
showed	O
Gambas	B-Language
3.8.90	O
scripting	O
as	O
being	O
faster	O
to	O
varying	O
degrees	O
than	O
Perl	B-Language
5.20.2	O
and	O
the	O
then-latest	O
2.7.10	O
version	O
of	O
Python	B-Language
in	O
many	O
tests	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
3.16.0	O
released	O
on	O
April	O
20	O
,	O
2021	O
,	O
featured	O
full	O
support	O
for	O
Wayland	B-Language
using	O
the	O
graphical	B-Application
components	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
parity	O
between	O
the	O
Qt	B-Language
5	O
and	O
GTK	B-Application
3	O
components	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gambas	B-Language
is	O
designed	O
to	O
build	O
graphical	B-Application
programs	O
using	O
the	O
Qt	B-Language
(	O
currently	O
Qt	B-Language
4.x	O
or	O
5.x	O
since	O
3.8.0	O
)	O
or	O
the	O
GTK	B-Application
toolkit	I-Application
(	O
GTK	B-Application
3.x	O
also	O
supported	O
as	O
of	O
3.6.0	O
)	O
;	O
the	O
Gambas	B-Language
IDE	B-Application
is	O
written	O
in	O
Gambas	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gambas	B-Language
includes	O
a	O
GUI	B-Application
designer	O
to	O
aid	O
in	O
creating	O
user	O
interfaces	O
in	O
an	O
event-driven	B-Application
style	O
,	O
but	O
can	O
also	O
make	O
command	B-Application
line	I-Application
applications	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
text-based	B-Application
user	I-Application
interfaces	I-Application
using	O
the	O
ncurses	B-Language
toolkit	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Gambas	B-Language
runtime	B-Device
environment	I-Device
is	O
needed	O
to	O
run	O
executables	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Drawing	O
can	O
be	O
provided	O
either	O
through	O
Qt	B-Language
and	O
GTK	B-Application
toolkits	I-Application
,	O
with	O
an	O
additional	O
component	O
which	O
is	O
designed	O
to	O
switch	O
between	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Drawing	O
can	O
also	O
be	O
provided	O
through	O
the	O
Simple	B-Operating_System
DirectMedia	I-Operating_System
Layer	I-Operating_System
(	O
originally	O
version	O
1.x	O
,	O
with	O
2.x	O
added	O
as	O
of	O
3.7.0	O
)	O
,	O
which	O
can	O
also	O
be	O
utilized	O
for	O
audio	O
playback	O
through	O
a	O
separate	O
sound	O
component	O
(	O
a	O
component	O
for	O
the	O
OpenAL	B-Application
specification	O
has	O
also	O
been	O
added	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GPU	B-Architecture
acceleration	O
support	O
is	O
available	O
through	O
an	O
OpenGL	B-Application
component	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
other	O
hardware	O
functionally	O
provided	O
by	O
various	O
other	O
components	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
Gambas	B-Language
,	O
developers	O
can	O
also	O
use	O
databases	O
such	O
as	O
MySQL	O
or	O
PostgreSQL	O
,	O
build	O
KDE	B-Application
(	O
Qt	B-Language
)	O
and	O
GNOME	O
GTK	B-Application
applications	O
with	O
DCOP	B-Language
,	O
translate	O
Visual	B-Language
Basic	I-Language
programs	O
to	O
Gambas	B-Language
and	O
run	O
them	O
under	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
,	O
build	O
network	O
solutions	O
,	O
and	O
create	O
CGI	O
web	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
IDE	B-Application
also	O
includes	O
a	O
tool	O
for	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
installation	B-Application
packages	I-Application
,	O
supporting	O
GNU	B-Application
Autotools	I-Application
,	O
slackpkg	B-Application
,	O
pacman	O
,	O
RPM	B-Application
,	O
and	O
debs	O
(	O
the	O
latter	O
two	O
then	O
tailored	O
for	O
specific	B-Application
distributions	I-Application
such	O
as	O
Fedora/RHEL/CentOS	O
,	O
Mageia	O
,	O
Mandriva	O
,	O
OpenSUSE	B-Operating_System
and	O
Debian	O
,	O
Ubuntu/Mint	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gambas	B-Language
since	O
version	O
3.2	O
IDE	B-Application
has	O
integrated	O
profiler	O
and	O
it	O
started	O
to	O
use	O
just-in-time	O
compilation	O
technology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gambas	B-Language
is	O
intended	O
to	O
provide	O
a	O
similar	O
experience	O
as	O
developing	O
in	O
Microsoft	O
Visual	B-Language
Basic	I-Language
,	O
but	O
it	O
is	O
not	O
a	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
clone	O
of	O
the	O
popular	O
proprietary	O
program	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
author	O
of	O
Gambas	B-Language
makes	O
it	O
clear	O
that	O
there	O
are	O
similarities	O
to	O
Visual	B-Language
Basic	I-Language
,	O
such	O
as	O
syntax	O
for	O
BASIC	O
programs	O
and	O
the	O
integrated	B-Application
development	I-Application
environment	I-Application
;	O
Gambas	B-Language
was	O
written	O
from	O
the	O
start	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
development	O
environment	O
of	O
its	O
own	O
and	O
seeks	O
to	O
improve	O
on	O
the	O
formula	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
object	B-Application
model	I-Application
,	O
each	O
class	O
being	O
represented	O
in	O
a	O
file	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
archiver	O
to	O
package	O
the	O
program	O
is	O
all	O
inspired	O
by	O
the	O
Java	B-Language
programming	I-Language
language	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gambas	B-Language
is	O
intended	O
to	O
be	O
an	O
alternative	O
for	O
former	O
Visual	B-Language
Basic	I-Language
developers	O
who	O
have	O
decided	O
to	O
migrate	O
to	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
also	O
other	O
important	O
distinctions	O
between	O
Gambas	B-Language
and	O
Visual	B-Language
Basic	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
notable	O
example	O
is	O
that	O
in	O
Gambas	B-Language
array	B-Data_Structure
indexes	I-Data_Structure
always	O
start	O
with	O
0	O
,	O
whereas	O
Visual	B-Language
Basic	I-Language
indexes	O
can	O
start	O
with	O
0	O
or	O
1	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gambas	B-Language
also	O
supports	O
the	O
+	O
=	O
and	O
-	O
=	O
shorthand	O
not	O
found	O
in	O
classic	B-Language
Visual	I-Language
Basic	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Both	O
of	O
these	O
are	O
features	O
of	O
Visual	B-Language
Basic	I-Language
.NET	I-Language
however	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Several	O
programs	O
and	O
many	O
forms	O
of	O
example	O
code	O
have	O
been	O
written	O
using	O
and	O
for	O
Gambas	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Freecode	O
(	O
formerly	O
Freshmeat	O
)	O
listed	O
23	O
applications	O
that	O
were	O
developed	O
using	O
Gambas	B-Language
,	O
while	O
the	O
Gambas	B-Language
wiki	O
listed	O
82	O
;	O
several	O
other	O
specialized	O
sites	O
list	O
Gambas	B-Language
applications	O
and	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Gambas	B-Language
written	O
application	O
,	O
named	O
Gambas3	O
ShowCase	O
,	O
acted	O
as	O
a	O
software	O
center	O
to	O
download	O
or	O
install	O
Gambas	B-Language
3	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
has	O
since	O
been	O
discontinued	O
following	O
the	O
launch	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
party	O
Gambas	B-Language
Software	O
Farm	O
integrated	O
into	O
the	O
IDE	B-Application
since	O
3.7.1	O
,	O
which	O
contains	O
nearly	O
500	O
applications	O
and	O
demos	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Several	O
community	O
sites	O
,	O
including	O
community	O
forums	O
and	O
mailing	O
lists	O
,	O
also	O
exist	O
for	O
Gambas	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
notable	O
application	O
written	O
in	O
Gambas	B-Language
is	O
Xt7-player-mpv	O
,	O
a	O
GUI	B-Application
frontend	O
for	O
mpv	B-Language
player	I-Language
contained	O
in	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
software	O
repositories	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
comisat	O
Games	O
Collection	O
are	O
early	O
examples	O
of	O
video	O
games	O
written	O
in	O
Gambas	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gambas	B-Language
is	O
included	O
in	O
the	O
repositories	O
of	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
Linux	B-Application
distributions	I-Application
,	O
such	O
as	O
Debian	O
,	O
Fedora	O
,	O
Mandriva	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
and	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
version	O
of	O
Gambas	B-Language
was	O
run	O
under	O
the	O
Cygwin	B-Language
environment	O
,	O
although	O
this	O
version	O
was	O
significantly	O
less	O
tested	O
than	O
its	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
counterparts	O
and	O
was	O
command-line	B-Application
only	O
;	O
Cooperative	B-Operating_System
Linux	I-Operating_System
and	O
derivatives	O
have	O
also	O
been	O
used	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
specialized	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
virtual	B-Architecture
machines	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
independent	O
contributor	O
,	O
François	O
Gallo	O
,	O
also	O
worked	O
on	O
porting	O
Gambas	B-Language
3.x	O
to	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
X	I-Application
and	O
FreeBSD	B-Operating_System
,	O
based	O
on	O
using	O
local	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
X11	B-Operating_System
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gambas	B-Language
from	O
version	O
3.2	O
can	O
run	O
on	O
Raspberry	B-Operating_System
Pi	I-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
offers	O
just-in-time	O
compilation	O
there	O
from	O
version	O
3.12	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
can	O
also	O
be	O
ran	O
from	O
the	B-Architecture
cloud	I-Architecture
using	O
rollApp	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
2013	O
,	O
the	O
future	O
portability	O
of	O
Gambas	B-Language
was	O
discussed	O
,	O
listing	O
the	O
main	O
concerns	O
being	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
kernel	I-Operating_System
features	O
utilized	O
in	O
the	O
interpreter	O
,	O
components	O
using	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
specific	O
software	O
and	O
libraries	O
,	O
and	O
primarily	O
X11-tying	O
in	O
the	O
Qt	B-Language
,	O
GTK	B-Application
and	O
desktop	O
integration	O
components	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
partly	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
need	O
to	O
upgrade	O
to	O
newer	O
toolkits	O
such	O
as	O
GTK	B-Application
3	O
(	O
added	O
as	O
of	O
3.6.0	O
)	O
and	O
Qt	B-Language
5	O
(	O
as	O
of	O
3.8.0	O
)	O
,	O
future	O
versions	O
would	O
be	O
less	O
X11	B-Operating_System
tied	O
,	O
making	O
projects	O
like	O
Cygwin	B-Language
or	O
utterly	O
native	O
versions	O
on	O
other	O
platforms	O
more	O
possible	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Benoît	O
Minisini	O
stated	O
that	O
he	O
intended	O
to	O
"	O
encapsulate	O
"	O
X11	B-Operating_System
specific	O
code	O
to	O
aid	O
in	O
any	O
attempt	O
to	O
replace	O
it	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
X11	B-Operating_System
support	O
in	O
the	O
desktop	O
component	O
moved	O
to	O
its	O
own	O
component	O
as	O
of	O
3.6.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
October	O
27	O
,	O
2016	O
,	O
a	O
screenshot	O
and	O
setup	O
guide	O
was	O
released	O
from	O
the	O
main	O
page	O
for	O
running	O
Gambas	B-Language
fully	O
through	O
Cygwin	B-Language
,	O
including	O
most	O
components	O
,	O
graphical	B-Application
toolkits	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
complete	O
IDE	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
replaces	O
the	O
prior	O
recommended	O
method	O
of	O
using	O
freenx	B-Application
forwarding	O
from	O
a	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
server	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
has	O
also	O
been	O
successfully	O
run	O
using	O
the	O
Windows	O
Subsystem	O
for	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
usually	O
done	O
using	O
an	O
X	B-Protocol
terminal	I-Protocol
emulator	O
such	O
Mobaxterm	O
on	O
Windows	O
,	O
as	O
WSL	O
did	O
not	O
support	O
X11	B-Operating_System
graphics	O
directly	O
until	O
Windows	B-Application
11	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
program	O
with	O
graphical	B-Application
user	I-Application
interface	I-Application
.	O
</s>
