Version 1.42a released

A downloadable tool for Windows, macOS, Linux, and Android

Posted July 02, 2025 by BBC BASIC

Environment
Updated SDL to version 2.32.8 (Windows, MacOS, Android and iOS only).
Improved support for SDL3, via the sdl2_compat library.
BASIC Interpreter / Run Time Engine
Changed Bad program to be non-fatal and return to immediate mode (for consistency with other versions).
Fixed a bug causing integer multiplication to occasionally return an incorrect result when compiled with a very old version of GCC (or an alternative compiler that purports to be GCC).
IDEs and Utilities
Added support for subdirectories of @lib$ in 'compiled' application bundles.
Added limited support for 'compiled' standalone Windows executables to run successfully from a file or path name containing accented characters, e.g. Téléchargements rather than Downloads.
Libraries
Extended the arbitrary-precision integer arithmetic library bigint.bbc to support integer division, square-root and raise-to-power.
Extended the multiple-window library multiwin.bbc to save and restore the graphics viewport, if any.
Example Programs
Added starcmds.bbc and vducodes.bbc (in examples/) primarily for mobile editions.
Added bigdem.bbc (in examples/general) to demonstrate the bigint.bbc library; it's the Rosetta Code 'Arbitrary-precision integers (included)' task.

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