Editing ASIC programming language (section)

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{{Infobox software
| name                   = ASIC
| logo                   = <!-- Image name is enough -->
| logo alt               = 
| screenshot             = ASIC programming language.png
| caption                = Version 5.0
| screenshot alt         = ASIC version 5.0
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| author                 = Dave Visti
| developer              = 80/20 Software<ref>[http://files.mpoli.fi/unpacked/software/programm/pascal/paswiz21.zip/catalog.txt IBRARY: Library for the ASIC compiler.  Current Version: 3.1...David A. Visti], Catalog - Updated :February 1, 1996, Charon Software</ref>
| released               = before 1993<!-- {{Start date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|df=yes/no}} --><ref>[http://cd.textfiles.com/psl/psl9312/PRGMMING/DOS/BASIC/ASIC.ZIP ASIC 4.0 - Download]</ref>
| discontinued           = yes
| latest release version = 5.00
| latest release date    = {{Start date and age|1994}}
| latest preview version = 
| latest preview date    = <!-- {{Start date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|df=yes/no}} -->
| programming language   = [[x86 assembly language|x86 assembly]], [[Borland Turbo C|Turbo C]]
| operating system       = [[MS-DOS]]
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| language count         = <!-- Number only -->
| language footnote      = 
| genre                  = [[BASIC]]
| license                = [[Shareware]]
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'''ASIC''' is a [[compiler]] and [[integrated development environment]] for a subset of the [[BASIC]] programming language. It was released for [[MS-DOS]] and compatible systems as [[shareware]].  Written by Dave Visti of 80/20 Software, it was one of the few BASIC compilers legally available for [[download]] from [[Bulletin board system|BBS]]es. ASIC allows compiling to an [[EXE]] or [[COM file]]. A COM file for [[Hello world program]] is 360 bytes.<ref name=computereview126 />

ASIC has little or no support for [[logical operator]]s, [[control structure]]s,<ref>In ASIC 3.01 (1991), the manual lists [[For loop|FOR...NEXT]], [[Do while loop|WHILE...WEND]] and [[Conditional (computer programming)|IF...ENDIF]], but no [[switch statement]]s, and no functions or procedures with [[Parameter (computer programming)|parameters]] or [[local variable]]s, only [[GOSUB]] for [[subroutines]]. The example programs use [[Goto]] instead of WHILE.</ref> and [[floating-point arithmetic]].  These shortcomings resulted in the tongue-in-cheek motto, "ASIC: It's almost BASIC!"<ref>[http://www.palmtoppaper.com/ptphtml/19/pt190029.htm ASIC is the work of David Visti and his compiler takes code that is "almost BASIC" and compiles it down to a very small executable.] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151104080812/http://www.palmtoppaper.com/ptphtml/19/pt190029.htm |date=November 4, 2015 }}, Programmer's Corner: TIPI: A Small Programming Language for Small Comp, By Kent Peterson</ref><ref name=computereview126>[http://www.atarimagazines.com/compute/issue126/86_Area_code_magic_with.php ASIC], Area code magic with AC Hunter  (computer program) (On Disk) (evaluation), by George Campbell, COMPUTE! ISSUE 126 / FEBRUARY 1991 / PAGE 86</ref>