AmigaBASIC Compiler ACE: Update after more than 27 years

More than twenty-seven years after the AmigaBASIC compiler ACE, originally developed by David Benn since 1991, was released under the GPL, updates are now available. Manfred Bergmann writes about his release:

https://www.amiga-news.de/en/news/AN-2026-02-00015-EN.html

#Amiga #programming #AmigaBASIC #ACE #BasicResearch

🔬💡 New products thanks to #BasicResearch
In collaboration with EPFL, Stöckli developed innovative skis inspired by tortoise shells. 🐢🎿

Mathieu Fauve reveals how the ski manufacturer applies scientific insights to create cutting-edge products: ➡️ https://sohub.io/0obc

Without #BasicResearch, there would be no #innovation – including at Planted.
Planted's meat alternatives are in high demand. But without prior research, there would be no vegan ‘meat’ today, nor companies producing it, such as that of co-founder Lukas Böni.

Find out here how research and innovation are paving the way for the future:
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🍴💧 🚱 Massive amounts of greenhouse gases and excessive water consumption: Intensive animal farming has consequences for our planet. 🌍 This calls for innovative solutions. Thanks to #BasicResearch, creative minds are able to develop tasty alternatives. 🥗 🌱 💡

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🤖🏭 In Switzerland, there are around 10,000 companies in the machinery, electrical engineering and metals sectors with over 300,000 employees.

Thanks to #basicresearch, they’re always up to date with state-of-the-art technology. ➡️ https://sohub.io/g60k

🔮📈 Iwan Stalder, Head of Group Accumulation Management at Zurich Insurance Group, explains why #basicresearch is crucial for the company's 75 million customers and more than 60,000 employees worldwide.

Read more ➡️ https://sohub.io/ppcc

❓What does #BasicResearch have to offer the insurance industry? More than you might think! From climate knowledge to AI: In a conversation with Zurich Insurance Group, we show how #research makes innovation possible. 📊🌍🤖

Read more here👉 https://sohub.io/vqwc

#BasicResearch creates the basis for ➡️ #innovation and social well-being. Every year, the SNSF invests around 800 million Swiss francs in outstanding basic research. 🧠💡

🔗 Find out more about the benefits in our series of news and reels: https://sohub.io/k1u5
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James Watson died a few days ago.

In 1953, together with Francis Crick, he had published a short text in “Nature”. It is written in a subdued style. One of the first sentences says “This structure has novel features which are of considerable biological interest”; another sentence is “So far as we can tell, it is roughly compatible with the experimental data, but it must be regarded as unproved until it has been checked against more exact results".

This was the first published description of the structure of DNA as a double helix. In 1962, Watson, Crick and Maurice Wilkins were awarded the Nobel Prize (unfortunately, the key role of Rosalind Franklin was not appreciated at the time). A few decades later, when the enormous importance of their discoveries is already known, it feels strange to read such cautious phrases: “novel features”, “considerable biological interest”, “it must be regarded as unproved”.

But this is the language of basic research that changes the world. And that is why this research needs to be financed, even though it does not immediately bring spectacular results.

Watson and Crick’s article (extremely brief): https://www.nature.com/articles/171737a0.epdf

On the role of Rosalind Franklin: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-01313-5?

On racism and sexism in Watson's later life: https://www.statnews.com/2025/11/07/james-watson-remembrance-from-dna-pioneer-to-pariah/

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#science
#DNA
#basicresearch