Thoreau BASIC 3.2 introduces expanded file management commands (GETFILES, SELECTBOX), state checkpointing with STATEWRITE/STATELOAD, and CRC32/text statistics functions. The release also features optimized JIT compilation for complex arithmetic, PARFOR multicore support, and improved sound bank handling with losslessly compressed Opus wavetables.
Background
Thoreau BASIC is a modern reinterpretation of GW-BASIC syntax extended with 64-bit memory, native x64 JIT compilation, multimedia capabilities, and parallel processing support.
- Source
- Lobsters
- Published
- Oct 5, 2026 at 12:37 AM
- Score
- 5.0 / 10