AMOS (programming language): Difference between revisions

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== History ==

AMOS is a descendant of [[STOS BASIC]] for the [[Atari ST]]. AMOS BASIC was first produced in 1990.

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The original AMOS version was [[interpreter (computing)|interpreted]] which, whilst working fine, suffered from performance problems. Later, an AMOS [[compiler]] was developed, that reduced this problem.

To speed up the animation of sprites, AMOS later included the AMOS Animation Language (AMAL), a [[compiler (computing)|compiled]] sprite scripting language which runs independently of the main AMOS BASIC program.[<ref>http://grove.ufl.edu/~cwarner/computers.html]</ref> It was also possible to control screen and "rainbow" effects using AMAL scripts.

After the original version of AMOS, Europress released two other versions: '''Easy AMOS''', a simpler version for beginners, and '''AMOS Professional''', a more advanced version with added features, such as a better [[Integrated development environment|IDE]], [[ARexx]] support, a new [[user interface|UI]] sublanguage and new flow control constructs. Neither of these new versions was significantly more popular than the original AMOS.{{Citation needed|date=January 2012|reason=For example, from my experience it was way more popular. References to sales figures or alike would be nice.}}

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Today the language has declined in popularity along with the Amiga computer for which it was written. Despite this, a small community of enthusiasts are still using it. The [[source code]] to AMOS has since been released under a [[BSD licenses|BSD style license]] by [[Clickteam]] - a company that includes the original programmer.

As of July 13th 2011, AMOS Professional has been runnable under [[UAE (emulator)|UAE]] using the free [[AROS_Research_Operating_SystemAROS Research Operating System|AROS-68k]] [[AmigaOS]] replacement ROM created by Jason McMullan and Toni Wilen.[<ref>http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?p=766617#post766617]</ref> A legal, out-of-the-box installer has been created for [[Microsoft Windows]] using WinUAE.[<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xhp7XGDKIic]</ref>

==Software using AMOS BASIC==

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*[[BASIC programming language]] &mdash; For the Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code family of programming languages.

*[[UAE (emulator)|UAE]] (Amiga emulator compatible with AMOS and AMOS games, now works without a Kickstart ROM image)

==References==

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