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The BASIC programming language turns 60

Easy-to-use programming language that drove Apple, IBM, and Commodore PCs debuted in 1964.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/05/the-basic-programming-language-turns-60/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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@arstechnica I learned basic in ~ 1981 from a book teaching the original BASIC, complete with paper terminal. Didn't get access to a computer until years later.

I'm was stunned when I learned that BASIC was co-created by one of "The Hungarians" and "He worked as Albert Einstein's mathematical assistant during graduate school." Some serious pedigrees.

Here's the story of BASIC from the man himself: https://youtu.be/WYPNjSoDrqw

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