ScriptBasic is a scripting implementation of the BASIC language. The aim of
this implementation is to provide a general and widely used tool for the
simple programmer. One of the reason behind the success of the Microsoft
operating systems is VisualBasic, which is built into many of the applications
Microsoft delivers. Why are UNIX and other non-Microsoft operating system
users prohibited to use the simplest programming language? ScriptBasic is a
BASIC implementation, which aims not less than becoming the most widely used
scripting tool on UNIX systems. It is portable, it is BASIC, it is a scripting
tool and it is GNU LGPL.