Frank Ostrowski (1960 – 2011) was a German programmer best known for his implementations of the

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programming language. After his time with the German Federal Armed Forces, Frank Ostrowski was unemployed for three years. During this time, he developed Turbo-Basic XL for the Atari 8-bit computers. It was published in the

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''Happy Computer'' Magazine in December 1985 as ''Listing of the Month''. Turbo-Basic XL is both much faster and has more features than the standard Atari BASIC. He soon got a job with ''GFA Systemtechnik GmbH'' (at the time known as ''Integral Hydraulik'') where he wrote GFA BASIC on the

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which became one of the more popular

s on that platform. Frank Ostrowski died in 2011 after a severe disease.

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