<s>
ScriptBasic	B-Language
is	O
a	O
scripting	B-Language
language	I-Language
variant	O
of	O
BASIC	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
source	O
of	O
the	O
interpreter	B-Language
is	O
available	O
as	O
a	O
C	B-Language
program	I-Language
under	O
the	O
LGPL	B-Application
license	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
ScriptBasic	B-Language
generates	O
intermediary	O
code	O
which	O
is	O
then	O
interpreted	O
by	O
a	O
runtime	O
environment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ScriptBasic	B-Language
is	O
available	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
,	O
Unix	B-Application
and	O
Mac	O
OS	O
X	O
and	O
may	O
be	O
embedded	O
in	O
other	O
programs	O
as	O
well	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
can	O
create	O
standalone	O
executable	B-Application
files	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
runtime	O
library	O
is	O
linked	O
into	O
the	O
executable	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
available	O
in	O
precompiled	O
binaries	O
(	O
setup.exe	O
under	O
Windows	B-Application
and	O
uninstall	O
also	O
supported	O
)	O
,	O
dpkg	B-Language
and	O
rpm	B-Application
for	O
Linux	B-Application
and	O
in	O
source	O
code	O
form	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
language	O
,	O
the	O
interpreter	B-Language
is	O
fully	O
documented	O
in	O
the	O
Users	O
 '	O
Guide	O
available	O
in	O
text	O
,	O
HTML	B-Language
,	O
HTML	B-Protocol
Help	I-Protocol
,	O
TeX	B-Application
,	O
texi	B-Application
and	O
PDF	B-Application
formats	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
ScriptBasic	B-Language
has	O
been	O
developed	O
since	O
1999	O
and	O
has	O
reached	O
a	O
fairly	O
matured	O
state	O
in	O
terms	O
of	O
functions	O
and	O
stability	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
precompiled	O
version	O
available	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
and	O
Linux	B-Application
includes	O
a	O
command	B-Application
line	I-Application
version	O
and	O
a	O
standalone	O
web	B-Application
server	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
BASIC	B-Language
can	O
be	O
the	O
choice	O
for	O
developers	O
,	O
who	O
seek	O
a	O
BASIC	B-Language
variant	O
that	O
runs	O
on	O
UNIX	B-Application
as	O
well	O
as	O
under	O
Windows	B-Application
and	O
Mac	O
OS	O
X	O
(	O
Intel	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Basic	B-Language
is	O
embeddable	O
with	O
an	O
option	O
to	O
compile	O
your	O
applications	O
to	O
a	O
small	O
footprint	O
executable	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
ScriptBasic	B-Language
has	O
an	O
open	O
interface	O
for	O
module	O
developers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
several	O
external	O
modules	O
developed	O
by	O
the	O
developer	O
of	O
ScriptBasic	B-Language
as	O
well	O
as	O
by	O
other	O
developers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
include	O
data	O
base	O
connection	O
handling	O
for	O
various	O
database	O
systems	O
(	O
MySQL	B-Application
,	O
PostgreSQL	B-Application
,	O
ODBC	B-Application
,	O
Berkeley	B-Language
DB	I-Language
and	O
others	O
)	O
,	O
binding	O
to	O
the	O
library	O
CURL	B-Language
,	O
PNG	O
graphics	O
,	O
GTK+	B-Application
graphical	B-Application
user	I-Application
interface	I-Application
,	O
sockets	B-Protocol
,	O
regular	B-Language
expressions	I-Language
,	O
thread	B-Operating_System
support	O
,	O
data	B-General_Concept
compression	I-General_Concept
and	O
CGI	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
ScriptBasic	B-Language
also	O
has	O
an	O
open	O
interface	O
for	O
preprocessor	B-General_Concept
developers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Currently	O
there	O
is	O
a	O
single	O
preprocessor	B-General_Concept
that	O
delivers	O
debugger	B-Application
functionality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
lets	O
the	O
BASIC	B-Language
programmer	O
run	O
the	O
BASIC	B-Language
program	O
line	O
by	O
line	O
,	O
examine	O
variable	O
contents	O
,	O
set	O
break	O
points	O
and	O
all	O
the	O
usual	O
debugging	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
debugger	B-Application
supports	O
not	O
only	O
the	O
command	B-Application
line	I-Application
version	O
but	O
also	O
the	O
web	B-Application
server	I-Application
implementation	O
allowing	O
full	O
interactive	O
debugging	O
of	O
CGI	B-Language
applications	O
in	O
BASIC	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
architecture	O
of	O
the	O
interpreter	B-Language
internally	O
is	O
object	B-Language
oriented	I-Language
and	O
provides	O
a	O
clean	O
and	O
well	O
documented	O
interface	O
to	O
embed	O
the	O
interpreter	B-Language
into	O
any	O
application	O
written	O
in	O
C	B-Language
or	O
C++	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
whole	O
source	O
code	O
is	O
extensively	O
documented	O
and	O
commented	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
an	O
outstanding	O
feature	O
compared	O
to	O
other	O
embeddable	O
script	B-Language
language	I-Language
implementations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Slides	O
in	O
HTML	B-Language
format	O
with	O
English	O
narration	O
in	O
RealAudio	B-Algorithm
format	O
are	O
also	O
available	O
to	O
get	O
a	O
jump	O
start	O
learning	O
the	O
architecture	O
and	O
module	O
,	O
preprocessor	B-General_Concept
and	O
embedding	O
developments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ScriptBasic	B-Language
is	O
supported	O
by	O
a	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Multi-platform	O
(	O
Windows	B-Application
,	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
Unix	B-Application
,	O
Mac	O
OS	O
X	O
,	O
...	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
Extension	O
module	O
API	O
(	O
CGI	B-Language
,	O
MySQL	B-Application
,	O
ODBC	B-Application
,	O
Berkeley	B-Language
DB	I-Language
,	O
GTK	B-Application
,	O
Curl	B-Language
,	O
...	O
)	O
</s>
