Terran BASIC 1.2.1

Basically a re-packaged version of the old release, NO JRE REQUIRED

Launching the App

• Windows: download and unpack the TerranBASIC_windows.x86.zip, then launch the TerranBASIC.bat
• Linux (AMD64): download the TerranBASIC_linux.x86.AppImage, then simply double-click it
• Linux (aarch64): download the TerranBASIC_linux.arm.AppImage, then simply double-click it
• macOS (Intel Macs): download and unpack the TerranBASIC_macOS.x86.app.zip, then simply double-click it
• macOS (Apple Silicon Macs): download and unpack the TerranBASIC_macOS.arm.app.zip, then simply double-click it

Full Changelog: v1.2...v1.2.1

Terran BASIC 1.2

This is NOT a LATEST release, please download this real latest release

Terran BASIC Runtime with example programs you can try.

How to Execute

• Just double-click the TSVM-Executable.jar
• On terminal: java -jar TSVM-Executable.jar

Requirements

• Java 8: Version 8 is strictly required because LibGDX's LWJGL 3 support is still in beta
• Graphics processor capable of OpenGL 2+

Changes

• Construct an arbitrary array using { and }
• Three new functor operators: <$> , <~> and <*>
• One new function operator: &
• Trying to print an array will print them formatted with all the curly braces
• Various fixes to the TSVM, notably the graphics part

Terran BASIC 1.2.1

Terran BASIC Runtime with example programs you can try.

How to Execute

• Just double-click the TSVM-Executable.jar
• On terminal: java -jar TSVM-Executable.jar

Requirements

• Java Runtime: No longer restricted to version 8; Just a plain old JRE Version 8 or greater is good to go but no greater than 15 (Java 16 is unsupported)
• Graphics processor capable of OpenGL 2+

Changes

• TSVM is updated to use LibGDX 1.10.0 and LWJGL 3
• lib folder is no longer needed — less clutter, yay! (please delete one if you're upgrading)

Terran BASIC 1.1

Terran BASIC Runtime with example programs you can try.

How to Execute

• Just double-click the TSVM-Executable.jar
• On terminal: java -jar TSVM-Executable.jar

Requirements

• Java 8: Version 8 is strictly required because LibGDX's LWJGL 3 support is still in beta
• Graphics processor capable of OpenGL 2+

Changes

• Adding support for anonymous function (closure)
• The editor can now delete program lines
• The editor will warn you of overwriting when you try to load a basic program
• Adding two new function operators: ($) and (.)
• Adding a monad to the type system and four monad operators: (>>=) (>>~) (`) (@), and two monad functions: MJOIN and MRET
• Adding an undefined to the type system
• Adding two new constants: ID and UNDEFINED
• Built-in functions can be used on built-in higher-order functions, namely MAP, FILTER and FOLD
• GOTOYX function to move the text cursor
• Implementation: definition of the Lambda Variable Index has changed, in which its ordIndex is no longer in reverse
• Doc: added documentation for TSVM code page, colour palette and MMIO
• Fix: FOR would not work with non-integer numbers
• Fix: PLOT would not work at all

Terran BASIC 1.0

Terran BASIC Runtime with example programs you can try.

How to Execute

• Just double-click the TSVM-Executable.jar
• On terminal: java -jar TSVM-Executable.jar

Requirements

• Java 8: Version 8 is strictly required because LibGDX's LWJGL 3 support is still in beta
• Graphics processor capable of OpenGL 2+