The BASIC programming language turns 60
The BASIC programming language turns 60
Easy-to-use language that drove Apple, TRS-80, IBM, and Commodore PCs debuted in 1964.
I was definitely a Commodore kid, and BASIC was my first language. Maybe it's nostalgia, but I still like BASIC for hobby stuff.
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BBC BASIC was best BASIC. Fight me.
In a world with GORILLA.BAS and NIBBLES.BAS, I simply cannot reject the QBASIC faith with which I was raised.
There is an open source implementation of BBC Basic for modern systems that’s being actively developed - BBC BASIC for SDL 2.0.
It is great with lots of libraries. I am writing a game in it right now.
Bring it! I once wrote a basic program off of the random dungeon generator tables in the original Advanced Dungeons and Dragons - Dungeon Masters Guide using Atari BASIC.
GW BASIC best BASIC
GPL BASIC. First language I learned when I was 5 in 1984.
10 PRINT “Hello world!” 20 END10 PRINT "Sausage slaps"
20 GOTO 10
- 10 PRINT "What is your name?"
- 20 INPUT $NAME
- 30 PRINT "Wet noodle slaps " + $NAME
- 40 GOTO 30
GPL as in the GPL? I thought that was first published in 1989
Oh, I guess I was just using Apple’s Intiger BASIC then!