Editing Applesoft BASIC (section)

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{{short description|Dialect of Microsoft BASIC programming language}}
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| author                 = [[Marc McDonald]]<br>[[Ric Weiland]]
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| latest release version = Applesoft II
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'''Applesoft BASIC''' is a dialect of [[Microsoft BASIC]], developed by [[Marc McDonald]] and [[Ric Weiland]],  supplied with [[Apple II]] computers. It supersedes [[Integer BASIC]] and is the BASIC in [[Read-only memory|ROM]] in all Apple II series computers after the original [[Apple II]] model. It is also referred to as '''FP BASIC''' (from [[floating-point arithmetic|floating point]]) because of the [[Apple DOS]] command <code>FP</code> used to invoke it, instead of <code>INT</code> for Integer BASIC.

Applesoft BASIC was supplied by [[Microsoft]] and its name is derived from the names of both [[Apple Inc.|Apple Computer]] and Microsoft. Apple employees, including [[Randy Wigginton]], adapted Microsoft's interpreter for the Apple II and added several features. The first version of Applesoft was released in 1977 on [[cassette tape]] and lacked proper support for high-resolution graphics. '''Applesoft II''', which was made available on cassette and disk and in the ROM of the [[Apple II Plus]] and subsequent models, was released in 1978. It is this latter version, which has some syntax differences and support for the Apple II high-resolution graphics modes, that is usually synonymous with the term "Applesoft."