FreeBASIC - is a free, open-source, 32-bit, MS-QuickBASIC's syntax-compatible compiler, that adds new features such as pointers, unsigned data types, inline-assembly
Rapid-Q is a programming language, a BASIC programming language to be precise. It is multiplatform, although not completely compatible in terms of the graphical interface, but the underlying language is more or less compatible between platforms. Rapid-Q is available for Windows, Linux, and Unix (Solaris and HP-UX are supported). You can use Rapid-Q to create both GUI and CONSOLE applications, including CGI applications. Rapid-Q generates byte-code as opposed to the native opcode of your processor. This requires an interpreter to read and execute the byte-codes, however, this interpreter is embedded in all your applications, so no extra files are necessary when you distribute your executable. The biggest issue is speed, but depending on what you're using Rapid-Q for, this may not be a factor. Rapid-Q was originally created to provide a free implementation of a BASIC programming language for Windows.
Rapid-Q Basic это кросcплатформенный BASIC язык с возможностью создания как GUI, так и консольных приложений (включая CGI приложения). Rapid-Q поддерживает Windows 95 / 98 / NT / 2000, Linux / i386, Solaris / Sparc, and HP-UX. Rapid-Q является полностью FreeWare. Rapid-Q поддерживает большинство команд QBasic. Если вы хотя бы немного знакомы с QBasic, изучение Rapid-Q будет несложным. Rapid-Q поддерживает: - визуальное создание форм; - вызовы DLL; - поддерживает MySQL, DirectX, частично Direct3D, Sockets, COM; - объектное программирование и многое другое.