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In this blog, I will comment all progresses on the upcoming programming language NextBasic. NextBasic will be a freeware procedural programming language for Windows, OS X and Linux. Its syntax will be inspired by BlitzBasic (although it won't compatible with it), and it will generate native x86 executables.

The current development progress is roughly as follows:

Compiler (70%)
The following features are missing:
- External library support.
- Add "#" and "$" as aliases for "As Float" and "As String".
- "Select" statement.
- Built-in static arrays (currently, dynamic array functions exist in the core library).

Libraries (40%)
The Core library is finished, but I need to create the following ones:
- An OpenGL based Graphics2D library.
- An OpenAL based Audio library.
- A procedural wrapper for Qt.
- Support for several other 3rd-party libraries (OpenGL ES 2.0, OpenAL, Lua, some 3D engines like 3Impact, Horde3D, IrrLicht or OGRE...).

IDE (90%)
The IDE has been written in C++ and Qt, and it's only missing feature is the addition of a Help tab and contextual help.

Documentation (0%)
I have to write documentation for the language, IDE, and each function in the Core, Graphics and Audio libraries.

Stay tuned for more information on NextBasic and its evolution.