Where can I get free BASIC language software?

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There are many basic programming environments around although most of them are shareware rather than free and a good many are commercial products requiring payment before downloading.

From personal experience, Liberty Basic is worth looking at. Although it is a shareware product, a fully functional free version is available at the link below. A registered version allows your programs to be run as a standalone program independent of the programming environment. Although it looks similar to Visual Basic, it is somewhat simpler and includes a reasonably good tutorial for the beginner. What really sets the product apart from many others is the support forum. It is frequented by many experienced users and professional programmers. Although the forum is not run by the makers of Liberty Basic, they support it and contribute to it.

Liberty Basic has limitations and is nowhere near as powerful as other languages nor indeed as some basic languages. That is what makes it a relatively simple language to use.