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Happy Birthday BASIC
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Good, long piece in Time about the history of the language and those involved with it: Fifty Years of BASIC, the Language That Made Computers Personal - TIME -
The material prosperity of a nation is not an abiding possession; the deeds of its people are.
George Frederic Watts
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Originally posted by DaveB View PostThe material prosperity of a nation is not an abiding possession; the deeds of its people are.
George Frederic Watts
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Well I never, it has kept me employed for more than half of its life.
Good going.
Never has a man been heard to say on his death bed that he wishes he'd spent more time in the office.Comment
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First language I programmed in, second one as well as vic20 and speccy basic were a bit different. Even some years later I was writing programs to draw fractals in basic on the school pcs, which was back when msdos came with a basic interpreter.
50 years is a good innings for a programming language. People used to slag basic off but it tought me all the basic procedural programming concepts and much else fairly painlessly. I'd say it did it's job pretty wellWhile you're waiting, read the free novel we sent you. It's a Spanish story about a guy named 'Manual.'Comment
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Originally posted by zeitghost60 years since the earliest beginnings of FORTRAN, though the first compiler (optimising, mark you) didn't appear until 1957.While you're waiting, read the free novel we sent you. It's a Spanish story about a guy named 'Manual.'Comment
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Originally posted by zeitghost60 years since the earliest beginnings of fortran, though the first compiler (optimising, mark you) didn't appear until 1957.Code:GO TO (who, gives, a, tulip), wherever
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