.... ASIL now incorporates features from C++, C#, modern BASICs, and Java.
Yet, if you look at sample code, it clearly isn't any of those. In fact, even though it's "derived from BASIC", it's relationship to modern BASIC dialects like VB is more like a very distant cousin. You might have troubles calling "BASIC" once you see sample code.
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