<s>
STOS	B-Language
BASIC	I-Language
is	O
a	O
dialect	O
of	O
the	O
BASIC	B-Language
programming	I-Language
language	I-Language
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
personal	O
computer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
designed	O
for	O
creating	O
games	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
set	O
of	O
high-level	O
graphics	O
and	O
sound	O
commands	O
it	O
offers	O
is	O
suitable	O
for	O
developing	O
multimedia	O
software	O
without	O
knowledge	O
of	O
the	O
internals	O
of	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
STOS	B-Language
BASIC	I-Language
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Jawx	O
–	O
François	O
Lionet	O
,	O
and	O
Constantin	O
Sotiropoulos	O
–	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Mandarin	O
Software	O
(	O
now	O
known	O
as	O
Europress	O
Software	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Initially	O
implemented	O
as	O
a	O
BASIC	B-Language
interpreter	I-Language
,	O
a	O
compiler	B-Language
was	O
soon	O
released	O
that	O
enabled	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
compile	B-Language
the	O
STOS	B-Language
Basic	I-Language
program	O
into	O
an	O
executable	O
file	O
that	O
ran	O
a	O
lot	O
faster	O
because	O
it	O
was	O
compiled	B-Language
rather	O
than	O
interpreted	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
order	O
to	O
be	O
compatible	O
with	O
the	O
compiler	B-Language
,	O
STOS	O
needed	O
to	O
be	O
upgraded	O
to	O
version	O
2.4	O
(	O
which	O
came	O
with	O
the	O
compiler	B-Language
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
STOS	O
2.7	O
was	O
a	O
compiler-only	O
upgrade	O
that	O
made	O
programs	O
with	O
the	O
STOS	O
tracker	O
extension	O
(	O
used	O
to	O
play	O
MOD	O
music	O
)	O
compile	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
was	O
a	O
3rd-party	O
hack	O
called	O
STOS	O
2.07	O
designed	O
to	O
make	O
STOS	O
run	O
on	O
even	O
more	O
TOS	O
versions	O
,	O
and	O
behave	O
on	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
Falcon	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Around	O
2001	O
François	O
Lionet	O
released	O
via	O
the	O
Clickteam	B-Application
website	O
the	O
source	O
code	O
of	O
STOS	B-Language
BASIC	I-Language
.	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>
In	O
1990	O
,	O
AMOS	B-Language
BASIC	I-Language
was	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
originally	O
meant	O
to	O
shortly	O
follow	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
STOS	O
on	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
.	O
AMOS	B-Language
was	O
released	O
about	O
two	O
years	O
after	O
the	O
UK	O
release	O
of	O
STOS	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
But	O
this	O
turned	O
out	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
blessing	O
in	O
disguise	O
for	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
community	O
thanks	O
to	O
the	O
extra	O
development	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Not	O
only	O
did	O
AMOS	B-Language
take	O
advantage	O
of	O
the	O
extra	O
Amiga	B-Device
hardware	O
and	O
have	O
more	O
commands	O
than	O
STOS	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
style	O
of	O
BASIC	B-Language
was	O
completely	O
different	O
-	O
it	O
had	O
no	O
line-numbers	O
,	O
and	O
there	O
were	O
many	O
structured	B-Language
programming	I-Language
constructs	O
(	O
at	O
one	O
time	O
,	O
the	O
STOS	O
Club	O
Newsletter	O
published	O
a	O
program	O
that	O
allowed	O
the	O
reader	O
to	O
program	O
STOS	O
using	O
that	O
style	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
it	O
was	O
often	O
possible	O
to	O
directly	O
convert	O
STOS	B-Language
BASIC	I-Language
programs	O
that	O
did	O
not	O
heavily	O
rely	O
on	O
extensions	O
to	O
AMOS	B-Language
BASIC	I-Language
,	O
the	O
reverse	O
was	O
not	O
usually	O
true	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
of	O
the	O
developers	O
in	O
Jawx	O
,	O
Francois	O
Lionet	O
,	O
was	O
later	O
to	O
form	O
Clickteam	B-Application
with	O
Yves	B-Application
Lamoureux	I-Application
and	O
went	O
on	O
to	O
release	O
the	O
Klik	O
(	O
click	O
)	O
series	O
of	O
games-creation	O
tools	O
(	O
which	O
were	O
dissimilar	O
to	O
STOS	O
as	O
they	O
use	O
a	O
primarily	O
mouse-driven	O
interface	O
without	O
the	O
need	O
for	O
traditional	O
code	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Klik	B-Application
&	I-Application
Play	I-Application
,	O
The	B-Application
Games	I-Application
Factory	I-Application
,	O
Multimedia	B-Application
Fusion	I-Application
and	O
Multimedia	B-Application
Fusion	I-Application
2	I-Application
have	O
been	O
released	O
in	O
this	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
