Editing PureBasic (section)

{{Short description|Procedural computer programming language}}
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{{Infobox programming language
| name = PureBasic
| logo = 
| screenshot = PureBasic VD.png
| caption = The PureBasic Visual Designer, showing a selection of popular GUI components that it supports.
| paradigm = [[structured programming|Structured]], [[imperative programming|imperative]], [[procedural programming|procedural]]
| family = [[BASIC]]
| designer = Fantaisie Software
| developer = Fantaisie Software
| latest release version = 6.20
| latest release date = {{Start date and age|2025|02|12}}
| typing = 
| year = {{Start date|1998}}
| influenced = 
| license = [[Trialware]]
| website = {{URL|www.purebasic.com}}
| influenced_by =
| operating_system = [[Windows]], [[Linux]], [[macOS]], [[Raspberry Pi OS]], [[AmigaOS]] | file_ext = .pb, .pbi, .pbf, .pbp
}}
[[File:PureBasic IDE 5.10.png|thumb|PureBasic IDE 5.10]]
'''PureBasic''' is a [[commercial software|commercially distributed]] [[procedural programming|procedural]] computer [[programming language]] and [[integrated development environment]] based on [[BASIC]] and developed by Fantaisie Software for [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]], [[Linux]], [[macOS]] and [[Raspberry Pi]]. An [[Amiga]] version is available, although it has been discontinued and some parts of it are [[Open-source license|released as open-source]]. The first public release of PureBasic for Windows was on 17 December 2000. It has been continually updated ever since.

PureBasic has a "lifetime license model". As cited on the website, the first PureBasic user (who registered in 1998) still has free access to new updates and this is not going to change.<ref name="Lifetime License">[http://www.purebasic.com/faq.php FAQ] lifetime licence details</ref>

PureBasic compiles directly to [[IA-32]], [[x86-64]], [[PowerPC]] or [[68k|680x0]]  instruction sets, generating small standalone [[executable]]s and [[dynamic-link library|DLLs]] which need no runtime libraries beyond the standard system libraries. Programs developed without using the platform-specific [[application programming interface]]s (APIs) can be built easily from the same source file with little or no modification.

PureBasic supports [[inline assembly]], allowing the developer to include [[FASM]] assembler commands within PureBasic source code, while using the variables declared in PureBasic source code, enabling experienced programmers to improve the speed of speed-critical sections of code. PureBasic supports and has integrated the [[OGRE]] 3D Environment. Other 3D environments such as the [[Irrlicht Engine]] are unofficially supported.

Since version 6.00 (June 2022), in addition to compilation using ASM, PureBasic offers compilation with a C backend. This enables access to new platforms (e.g. Raspberry) and should make it easier to add new libraries in the future.