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diff --git a/lang/bwbasic/pkg/DESCR b/lang/bwbasic/pkg/DESCR new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..e177c971e54 --- /dev/null +++ b/lang/bwbasic/pkg/DESCR @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +The Bywater BASIC Interpreter (bwBASIC) implements a large superset +of the ANSI Standard for Minimal BASIC (X3.60-1978) and a significant +subset of the ANSI Standard for Full BASIC (X3.113-1987) in C. It also +offers shell programming facilities as an extension of BASIC. bwBASIC +seeks to be as portable as possible. + +Originally written by Ted A. Campbell, and released under the GPL. It +was posted to comp.sources.misc, volume 40. It was hosted for a while at +ftp.eng.umd.edu. + +Patched by Jon B. Volkoff. +Version 2.20 was released 25 November 1995 +Patch 1: 15 March 1996 +Patch 2: 11 October 1997 + +Patch 2 includes new files for UNIX ncurses interface, compliments of +L.C. Benschop, Eindhoven, The Netherlands. |