What Is the File Extension Bas?

Though an extension can show an executable that runs when double-clicked or a stand-alone file that can be opened by another program, it can also show code for an application that needs compiling, as in .bas.

  1. Description

    • The .bas file extension indicates source code for the programming language called BASIC (Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code).

    History

    • Though it currently exists in many versions, the original language was developed at Dartmouth College for mainframes. In the 1970s, Bill Gates developed a version for personal computers.

    Compiling

    • To function, the .bas source code needs to be processed into an executable by such programs as Microsoft Visual Basic and TrueBASIC for Windows and REALBasic for the Macintosh.

    Features

    • The English-like commands made the language easy to learn and edit. For example, rather than using a complex series of mnemonics and variables to print text, you used comprehensible code like the following:

      PRINT "This is an example of printed text."

    Use

    • Though commercial versions of the programming language exist, you can download a free version from JustBasic.com, whose editor even colors the syntax of the .bas file.

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