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''Note: This is a draft for a complete overhaul [[Liberty_BASIC|Liberty BASIC]] page. The existing article is written poorly, semi-contradictory, and out-of-date.''

'''Liberty BASIC''' is a commercial [[programming language]] and [[integrated development environment]] (IDE) that works on 16 and 32 bit [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]] and also on [[OS/2]].

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Liberty BASIC has been used in examples of code for various guides and references about [[programming]] in [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]], including "Beginning Programming For Dummies", written by [[Wallace Wang]], and published by [[Hungry Minds International]].

Though Liberty BASIC has its share of limitations in its design for advanced [[programming]], it makes a credible and highly usable introductory [[Integrated development environment|IDE]] for moderate to advanced users of Windows and OS/2. The OS/2 version is very old, but free.

The compiler recognizes its own dialect of the [[BASIC programming language]].

The [[programming language]] [[dialect]], and the [[IDE]] have developed a market niche for introductory and intermediate [[programmers]] who are learning the skills of programming, though it has been less widely adopted as a commercial publishing product. This is not to say that Liberty Basic is [[educational software]] only. It is still a commercial product, and can be used to create [[commercial software]].

In its current version, it runs only on [[Microsoft Windows]], but v5 is planned to run on [[Mac OS]] and [[Linux]] systems as well, in addition to being "up to 5 times faster" than the current version, says its author.

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* [http://libertybasic.conforums.com Liberty BASIC CommunityForum]

* [http://basicprogramming.blogspot.com/ Carl Gundel's blog]

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