<s>
wxBasic	B-Language
is	O
a	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
/	O
open-source	B-Application
software	I-Application
,	O
cross-platform	B-Operating_System
BASIC	B-Language
interpreter	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
it	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
syntax	O
of	O
the	O
BASIC	B-Language
language	I-Language
,	O
it	O
is	O
designed	O
to	O
be	O
simple	O
to	O
learn	O
and	O
understand	O
,	O
and	O
allow	O
novice	O
programmers	O
to	O
write	O
applications	O
for	O
graphical	O
environments	O
like	O
Windows	B-Application
and	O
Linux	B-Application
with	O
minimal	O
effort	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
wxBasic	B-Language
is	O
a	O
bytecode	O
based	O
language	O
,	O
like	O
Perl	B-Language
or	O
Java	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
licensed	O
under	O
the	O
LGPL	B-Application
,	O
so	O
proprietary	B-Application
software	I-Application
's	O
source	O
code	O
can	O
be	O
linked	O
against	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
can	O
create	O
stand-alone	O
executables	B-Application
by	O
binding	O
together	O
source	O
code	O
with	O
the	O
interpreter	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
contrast	O
with	O
executables	B-Application
created	O
by	O
similar	O
commercial	O
programs	O
like	O
Visual	B-Language
Basic	I-Language
,	O
executables	B-Application
produced	O
by	O
wxBasic	B-Language
do	O
not	O
require	O
any	O
external	O
DLL	O
file	O
,	O
resource	O
file	O
,	O
or	O
installer	B-Operating_System
to	O
run	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
executable	B-Application
is	O
distributed	O
alone	O
and	O
can	O
be	O
run	O
immediately	O
by	O
end-users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
with	O
programs	O
written	O
in	O
any	O
interpreted	B-Application
language	I-Application
,	O
wxBasic	B-Language
programs	O
may	O
also	O
be	O
run	O
straight	O
from	O
the	O
source	O
code	O
on	O
any	O
platform	O
,	O
if	O
wxBasic	B-Language
is	O
present	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
wxBasic	B-Language
is	O
written	O
primarily	O
in	O
C	B-Language
,	O
with	O
some	O
C++	B-Language
linking	O
it	O
to	O
the	O
wxWidgets	B-Language
library	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
wxWidgets	B-Language
supplies	O
the	O
cross-platform	B-Operating_System
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
runs	O
on	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
using	O
native	O
controls	O
,	O
and	O
on	O
Linux	B-Application
and	O
macOS	B-Application
using	O
the	O
GTK+	B-Application
library	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
wxBasic	B-Language
is	O
also	O
the	O
basis	O
for	O
the	O
SdlBasic	B-Language
project	O
.	O
</s>
