Editing Blitz BASIC (section)

{{short description|Programming language of the first Blitz compilers}}
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{{Infobox software
| title = Blitz Basic
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| logo = BlitzBasicLogo.gif
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| developer = [[Blitz Research]]
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| discontinued = Yes
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| programming language = Compiled to [[C++]], but the languages are dialects of [[BASIC]]
| operating system = [[AmigaOS]]<br />[[Microsoft Windows]]
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| language = [[English language|English]]
| genre = [[Game creation system]]
| license = [[zlib License]]
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| website = {{URL|https://blitzresearch.itch.io/}}
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'''Blitz BASIC''' is the [[programming language]] dialect of the first Blitz<ref>The word "[[:de:Blitz|Blitz]]" means "lightning" in German.</ref> compilers, devised by New Zealand–based developer Mark Sibly. Being derived from [[BASIC]], Blitz syntax was designed to be easy to pick up for beginners first learning to program. The languages are game-programming oriented, but are often found general-purpose enough to be used for most types of application. The Blitz language evolved as new products were released, with recent incarnations offering support for more advanced programming techniques such as [[object-oriented programming|object-orientation]] and [[Thread (computing)#Single-threaded vs multithreaded programs|multithreading]]. This led to the languages losing their BASIC moniker in later years.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://blitzresearch.itch.io/|title=The Official Blitz Website|website=blitzresearch.itch.io/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170603205639/http://www.blitzbasic.com/|archive-date=3 June 2017|df=dmy-all}}</ref>