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Basalt - BASic ALTernative keywords

A self-contained RISC OS module providing a comprehensive set of extensions to ARM BBC BASIC

Existing BASIC keywords run at their legendary speed. New keywords are written in hand-crafted machine code and run almost as fast as BASIC itself.

Just a single *command is needed at the start of a program to use any of the Basalt extensions, with no special development environment or linking.

The extensions are BASIC and use legal and documented methods, together with a detailed knowledge of how BASIC works.

Compact multi-tasking applications use the RISC OS Toolbox with an object-oriented syntax and an event-controlled program model.

A skeleton application makes getting started simple. Interfaces are designed with the standard RISC OS tools.

A comprehensive StrongHelp manual provides detaild information about all aspects of Basalt.