history and roadmap
Xoscript has been around in one form or another for 32 years under various names. The first version even ran on a C64!
from basic-nl to xoscript
xoscript originally began as BASIC-NL in 1993,
a BASIC-like programming language written for the
commodore 64. Due to floppy degradation, the original code
has been lost. However the system operated by simply modding
the existing basic interpreter by using a hack in the
KCS power cardridge.
In 2009 BASIC-NL was rebooted under the name Citrine-lang
and a more developer centered spin-off was created in 2025,
i.e. xoscript. You can consult the full changelog on github.
roadmap
Here is the roadmap for the coming months:
2025 Q3:
wasm/emscripten support and demo
2025 Q4:
support for camera, gps and file dialogs