Today, most programming languages use different types of structural paradigms (such as functions and object-oriented programming), but the easy-to-grasp syntax of BASIC, with its plain English ...

The BASIC programming language turns 60 ... There's no doubt that BASIC's easy-to-understand syntax made it popular and easy to use for beginners.' Forum is currently open ...

Basic was the language for us High School students (I graduated H.S. ’82). Basic was what the teacher knew, I think, rather than a ‘requirement’ for programming intro. Not sure about other ...

While more powerful languages like FORTRAN, C, and Java eventually overtook BASIC in the professional world, it remained a teaching tool well into the 21st century.