In a Class by Itself

The one feature that puts Swift!BASIC in a class by itself is its ability to create system-compliant programs "automagically."

Once you've written and saved a Swift!BASIC program, you merely press (ALT)-(MENU) to save the program as an EXM file. On the disk will be a program that you can add to your APNAME.LST file.

Once you reset the 95LX, you can press the hot-key and watch your program pop up on top of the other built-in applications.

What could be simpler?! The user's manual states that this whole process is "automagic": I believe it!

However, not everything is magic. You won't find a simple command to help you design function-key menus, such as those used in SOLVE or PhoneBook. Similarly, there's no simple command that will let you add a clipboard feature to your program. You'll have to write these yourself.