XC=BASIC is a cross compiled, modern BASIC programming language for MOS 65xx based targets. The supported targets are:
- Commodore-64
- Commodore VIC-20
- Commodore-16
- Commodore Plus/4
- Commodore PET series
- Commodore-128
XC=BASIC compiles BASIC source code to fast machine code. Although not 100% compatible, its syntax was designed to be similar to that of QuickBASIC and CBM BASIC.
You can find the documentation (including installation instructions) at xc-basic.net.
You can find pre-compiled binaries for Windows (x86_64), Linux (x86_64, ARM) and macOS (x86_64) in the bin/ dir. If you run a different operating system, you have to compile the program from source.
XC=BASIC was written in the D programming language. To compile it, you need
- a D compiler (DMD is recommended)
- the DUB package manager
If you install DUB using a package manager, it will most likely install DMD as a dependency. When you have both installed, just cd to the XC=BASIC directory and issue the command:
dub build
Then move the generated executable to any subfolder in the bin/ dir, for example:
mkdir bin/myOS
mv xcbasic3 bin/myOS/
(This last step is important because XC=BASIC can only find the library files if they're located in ../../lib relative to the executable.)
That's it, you can now run XC=BASIC.