Differences among Decimal BASIC editions

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KindCommand or FunctionWindows 7.8Windows 8.0.2Linux 8.0.2.4MAC 8.0.2.4Remarks
Characters stringMicrosoft localized Unicode Unicode UnicodeDepends on option setting
Graphics output 　　 SET DRAW MODE MASK ○○＊×Nonstandard (＊ NG on CentOS 8)
SET DRAW MODE NOTXOR○○＊×Nonstandard (＊ NG on CentOS 8)
PAINT○○－－Nonstandard
FLOOD○○－－Nonstandard
Graphics input MOUSE POLL○○○△ Nonstandard
Graphic objectGLOAD，GSAVEBMP,GIF,JPEGBMP,JPEG,PNGBMP,JPEG,PNGBMP,JPEG,PNGNonstandard
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　 FreeGPLGPLGPL　
Developed with　 Delphi7LazarusLazarusLazarus　

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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