For instance, there’s a famous one-line BASIC program for the Commodore 64 computer: 10 PRINT CHR$ (205.5 + RND (1)); : GOTO 10 That generates a random, maze-like pattern that goes on forever ...

This is why I’ve long argued that BASIC is the most consequential language in the history of computing. It’s a language for noobs, sure, but back then most everyone was a noob. Throughout the ...

It was a primitive line-coding program, but everyone had it. Textbooks had exercises written in Basic, and teachers could count on a large fraction of their students being able to perform those ...

60 years ago, the inventors of the BASIC programming language actually achieved what they had hoped for: ... changing line numbers can cause considerable work if you want to insert additional lines.

Within a few years, BASIC became a standard part of college curriculum across numerous fields of study. Its intuitive nature also fueled the rise of home computing in the 70s and 80s.

From the “things we like, but can’t explain why file” comes the BBC-Micro-bot twitter robot.BBC Basic was a staple in the UK and if you tweet a BBC Basic program to @bbcmicrobot you’ll get ...

The BASIC programming language turns 60 Easy-to-use language that drove Apple, ... BASIC is an interpreted programming language that runs line by line, with line numbers.