Microsoft BASIC Compiler 1.0 for Mac

Although Microsoft did not invent BASIC, their founding product was a BASIC interpreter for the Altair computer. The descendants below includes Microsoft's BASIC-80 (MBASIC), BASIC-86 (pre-GWBasic), BASIC for Mac, BASIC Compiler 86/88, Basic Compiler for Mac, and Professional Development System 7.x. IBM Personal Computer Basic Compiler, GW-BASIC, QuickBasic, and Visual Basic are listed separately.

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Release notes

This compiler is intended as a companion product to Microsoft BASIC Interpreter 3.0 for Mac, which was release at about the same time.

It can compile any Microsoft BASIC for Mac application in to a standalone application.