<s>
XBasic	B-Language
is	O
a	O
variant	O
of	O
the	O
BASIC	B-Language
programming	I-Language
language	I-Language
that	O
was	O
developed	O
in	O
the	O
late	O
1980s	O
for	O
the	O
Motorola	B-Architecture
88000	I-Architecture
CPU	O
and	O
Unix	B-Application
by	O
Max	B-Language
Reason	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
early	O
1990s	O
it	O
was	O
ported	O
to	O
Windows	B-Application
and	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
and	O
since	O
1999	O
it	O
has	O
been	O
available	O
as	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
software	I-Application
with	O
its	O
runtime	O
library	O
under	O
the	O
LGPL	B-Application
license	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
should	O
not	O
be	O
confused	O
with	O
TI	B-Language
Extended	I-Language
BASIC	I-Language
,	O
which	O
is	O
sometimes	O
called	O
XBasic	B-Language
or	O
X	O
Basic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Xbasic	B-Language
should	O
also	O
not	O
be	O
confused	O
with	O
the	O
Xbasic	B-Language
language	O
used	O
in	O
Alpha	O
Software	O
's	O
Alpha	O
Anywhere	O
and	O
Alpha	O
Five	O
products	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Alpha	O
Software	O
has	O
developed	O
Xbasic	B-Language
as	O
a	O
proprietary	O
language	O
for	O
its	O
products	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Alpha	O
Software	O
's	O
Xbasic	B-Language
is	O
not	O
connected	O
in	O
any	O
way	O
at	O
all	O
to	O
the	O
version	O
of	O
Xbasic	B-Language
described	O
in	O
this	O
article	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Max	B-Language
Reason	I-Language
discontinued	O
his	O
support	O
,	O
and	O
development	O
since	O
has	O
been	O
overseen	O
by	O
Eddie	O
Penninkhof	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Eddie	O
in	O
the	O
meantime	O
has	O
also	O
discontinued	O
support	O
and	O
same	O
was	O
taken	O
over	O
by	O
a	O
programmer	O
'	O
CW	O
 '	O
,	O
who	O
brought	O
especially	O
the	O
linux	B-Application
version	O
more	O
in	O
line	O
with	O
recent	O
developments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
(	O
Just	O
look	O
for	O
Max	B-Language
Reason	I-Language
's	O
XBasic	B-Language
)	O
There	O
have	O
been	O
several	O
updates	O
to	O
the	O
Xbasic	B-Language
programming	I-Language
language	I-Language
for	O
Windows	B-Application
and	O
Linux	B-Application
since	O
then	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
We	O
have	O
now	O
heard	O
from	O
Eddie	O
Penninkhof	O
and	O
have	O
successfully	O
uploaded	O
the	O
latest	O
versions	O
of	O
Xbasic	B-Language
to	O
Source	B-Application
Forge	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
(	O
xbasic-6.3.26-A-windows210724	O
)	O
(	O
xbasic-6.3.26-A-Linux210724-tar-gz	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
user	O
groups	O
including	O
the	O
Xbasic	B-Language
user	O
group	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
you	O
have	O
questions	O
,	O
problems	O
,	O
or	O
ideas	O
about	O
programming	O
with	O
Xbasic	B-Language
,	O
check	O
out	O
the	O
new	O
Xbasic	B-Language
user	O
group	O
:	O
(	O
groups.io/g/MaxReasonsxBasic	O
)	O
We	O
have	O
several	O
very	O
experienced	O
programmers	O
who	O
can	O
help	O
:	O
We	O
are	O
looking	O
for	O
more	O
programmers	O
who	O
would	O
be	O
interested	O
helping	O
maintain	O
and	O
update	O
the	O
program	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
XBasic	B-Language
has	O
signed	O
and	O
unsigned	O
8-	O
,	O
16	O
-	O
and	O
32-bit	O
and	O
signed	O
64-bit	O
integers	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
32	O
-	O
and	O
64-bit	O
floating	B-Algorithm
point	I-Algorithm
values	I-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
possible	O
to	O
generate	O
an	O
assembly	B-Language
language	I-Language
file	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
XBasic	B-Language
has	O
a	O
Windows	B-Application
only	O
version	O
called	O
XBLite	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Development	O
is	O
at	O
SourceForge	B-Application
.	O
</s>
