numbers were able to run; the line numbers were simply treated as labels for the purpose of flow control. It was also the first Microsoft interpreted language capable of calling OS functions and dynamic libraries through the command "LIBRARY". For example: LIBRARY Graphics.library command invokes the standard Amiga Graphics.library from which to call functions. Hello World in AmigaBASIC ' Hello World for AmigaBASIC PRINT "Hello world!" You can go one better by adding the following line: SAY TRANSLATE$ ("HELLO WORLD") The Amiga will then say "Hello world" using speech synthesis in addition to displaying it on screen. References Notes Amiga Basic by Paul Fellows, published by Dabs Press, December 1992, Amiga Basic by Henning Horst Rainer, published by Jackson Libri, 1989, Amiga Basic Inside and Out, by Christian Spanik and Hannes Rugheimer published by Abacus Books (Abacus Software Inc.), Jan 1988, Elementary Amiga BASIC by C. Regena, published by Compute! (Compute! Publications Inc.,U.S.), April 1987, Advanced Amiga basic by ~ Tom R. Halfhill and Charles Brannon, published by Compute! (Compute Library Selection) July 1986, External links COMPUTE!, August 1987, pg 89 Fractal Mountains For Amiga – Source code listing of a fractal mountain generator. COMPUTE!, October 1987, pg 71 A Button Command – Source code listing for enhanced buttons, such as radio-style buttons. COMPUTE!, November 1987, pg 86 Masked Input For The Amiga – Source code listing for a masked text input box. Amiga Coding! – Extra information about AmigaBASIC. AmigaBASIC manual Discontinued Microsoft BASICs Amiga development software AmigaOS BASIC interpreters CBM software BASIC programming language family Microsoft programming languages