Short:        ByWater BASIC Interpreter v3.20c
Author:       mbergmann-sh@web.de (Michael Bergmann)
Uploader:     Michael Bergmann <mbergmann-sh web de>
Type:         dev/lang
Version:      3.20c
Replaces:     dev/lang/bwbasic320.lha
Requires:     some love for BASIC coding
Architecture: m68k-amigaos
Distribution: Aminet
Kurz:         ByWater BASIC Interpreter v3.20c

Bywater BASIC interpreter v 3.20c
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This is an UPDATE to bwbasic v3.20
- fixed some bugs
- ported sources to SAS/C v6.58 for better optimizations
- added some cozmetics.

Bywater Basic interpreter v3.20c  for classic Amiga, 
recompiled from original UNIX source. Published under
GNU Public Licence.

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.

BWBASIC is an original creation of Ted A. Campbell, who stopped
working on it in 1993. Since then it has received contributions 
from other programmers: Jon B. Volkoff, Paul Edwards, 
Howard S. Wulf, Ken Martin and Jon Foster.

I recompiled bwBASIC from its original 3.20 sources, using
gcc v2.95 and SAS/C v6.58 with only minor changes to the source 
code.(This release was compiled and optimized with SAS/C). Added
some custom makefiles for various CPU/FPU targets. Same source
easily recompiles under Linux and Windows, too. All you'd
need is gcc or mingw installed on the target system.

INSTALL
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bwbasic comes with optimized binaries for FPU/IEEE/STD math.
1. copy bin/<DIR>/bwbasic to C:
   you might use a build that suits your Amiga, e.g.
   COPY bin/FPU/bwbasic_040 TO C:bwbasic
2. Make bwShell work:
   COPY s/bwShell-Startup TO S:
   
Keep the original installation folder somewhere on your hard drive.
It contains docs and examples for using bwbasic.

Make sure that you have a decent version of ixemul.library available
on your system.

USAGE
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Inside program, type:

help - show all commands available.

help commandname - show help for a specific command.

list - list source code for the program currently in memory

run - executes the program in memory from the start.

new - deletes the program in memory and clears all variables.

load "filename" - loads an ASCII BASIC program into memory.

save "filename" - saves the current program into the file "filename" 
                in ASCII format.
                
shell "command" - lets you run a SHELL or DOS command within bwbasic. 
                  For example, to list the contents of the current 
		  directory, in Linux type shell "ls -l", 
		  in Windows or Amiga type shell "dir".
		  
edit	opens C:Ed with loaded source file.
		  
quit - exits bwbasic.
bye - does the same

Michael Bergmann, March 2023