Differences among Decimal BASIC editions

○	Working.
△	Working partially.
?	Unconfirmed.
×	Imperfection.
－	Not available.

Kind	Command or Function	Windows 7.8	Windows 8.0.2	Linux 8.0.2.4	MAC 8.0.2.4	Remarks
Characters	string	Microsoft localized	Unicode	Unicode	Unicode	Depends on option setting
Graphics output	SET DRAW MODE MASK	○	○	〇	×	Nonstandard
	SET DRAW MODE NOTXOR	○	○	〇	×	Nonstandard
	PAINT	○	○	－	－	Nonstandard
	FLOOD	○	○	－	－	Nonstandard
Graphics input	MOUSE POLL	○	○	○	△	Nonstandard
Graphic object	GLOAD，GSAVE	BMP,GIF,JPEG	BMP,JPEG,PNG	BMP,JPEG,PNG	BMP,JPEG,PNG	Nonstandard
Graphic object	metafile	○	－	－	－
Control	ASSOC PRINT	○	－	－	－	Nonstandard
	PLAY	○	－	－	－	Nonstandard
	PLAYSOUND	○	－	－	－	Nonstandard
	ASSIGN	○	○	○	?	Nonstandard
	OLE	○	－	－	－	Nonstandard
	SIGNAL	○	－	－	－
	WAIT SIGNAL	○	－	－	－	Nonstandard
Functions	GetKeyState	○	○	○	×	Nonstandard
	ANSI$	－	○	－	－	Nonstandard
	WIDE$	－	○	－	－	Nonstandard
	WINHANDLE	○	－	－	－	Nonstandard
	CallBackAdr	○	－	－	－	Nonstandard
License		Free	GPL	GPL	GPL
Developed with		Delphi7	Lazarus	Lazarus	Lazarus

Furthermore, Decimal BASIC 8.0 has differences as follows.
CHAIN or EXECUTE cannot start an application with association.
An OPEN statement do not append an extension when a file name with no extension is assigned.
Run parameters /NI，/NR，/OR are changed to -NI，-NR，-OR, respectively

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