EndBOX prototypes are compact, Raspberry Pi-powered computers with small displays and a netBSD-based operating system that boots directly to an EndBASIC shell so the first thing you see is a command line programming language. https://www.endbasic.dev/2025/06/unveiling-the-endbox.html #EndBOX #RaspberryPi #RetroComputer #EndBASIC

Unveiling the EndBOX – A microcomputer prototype for EndBASIC

https://www.endbasic.dev/2025/06/unveiling-the-endbox.html

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⚡ Unveiling the EndBOX • EndBASIC

｢ The EndBOX will run, for lack of a better name, the EndBOX OS. This OS is a quick-to-boot disk image, built on NetBSD, that just exposes EndBASIC. The primary goal behind the OS is get you to a prompt as quickly as possible while offering “advanced” features like USB input and Wi-Fi connectivity. A secondary goal is to be resilient to power cuts ｣

https://www.endbasic.dev/2025/06/unveiling-the-endbox.html

#endbox #endbasic #retrocomputing

🎉 EndBASIC 0.11: Functions, LCDs, and bytecode

｢ EndBASIC 0.11 addresses the top feature request of all times: support for user-defined functions and subroutines. EndBASIC 0.10 addressed some of the pain by adding GOTO and GOSUB but there was still a need for structured callables with parameter passing and local variables ｣

https://www.endbasic.dev/2024/07/endbasic-0.11.html

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🌘 從AST到字節碼執行在EndBASIC中 - Julio Merino (jmmv.dev)
➤ 從AST到字節碼執行的轉變和GOTO支持的實現
✤ https://jmmv.dev/2022/11/endbasic-bytecode.html
這篇文章介紹了EndBASIC解釋器從AST（抽象語法樹）到字節碼執行的轉變。作者解釋了AST的優點和問題，並介紹了將AST轉換為字節碼的方法，以實現GOTO和GOSUB等功能。
+ 這個轉換方法很聰明，解決了AST執行的問題。
+ 這篇文章很清晰地解釋了AST到字節碼的轉換過程，很有幫助。
#endbasic #rust

Now with some color and proper built-in documentation for the core language. I /really/ need to stop making changes and release the damn thing already.

#endbasic

There are still some rendering and movement glitches, but look at what you can achieve with very little #EndBASIC code! In the browser too!😊

So, #EndBASIC doesn't yet have a primitive to draw circles. Should it, or should I leave that to client code? (I have most of the work done to add the native commands... but SDL2_gfx is gonna be problematic in CI for Windows...

Before calling #EndBASIC 0.10 RTM, let's try to write an Arkanoid-like clone to verify that the new goodies really make for a better programming experience 😊

SELECT CASE was painful to implement but it's now merged. On target to publish #EndBASIC 0.10 before the holidays.

I know I said #EndBASIC 0.10 was feature complete... but... just... one... more. It's hard to stop. SELECT CASE is nasty though.

Productive flight. I could replace EXIT with END, which was particularly tricky due to the parser having to deal with END IF. Next up: DO UNTIL — and I think that’s gonna be it for #EndBASIC 0.10.

Replicating #10print in EndBASIC. Progress. Progress!

#endbasic

Here is the story of how I recently added GOTO and GOSUB to EndBASIC. Or: a brief intro on how to move from an AST-based executor to a bytecode-based one: https://jmmv.dev/2022/11/endbasic-bytecode.html

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10 GOTO 10 is finally doable in EndBASIC. By far the most common feature request 🤣

#endbasic