BASIC was the first programming language I learnt back in 1994, so it’s been 30 years since I have been programming (Wow… I guess I am old \ud83d\ude42 ). I went from BASICA to GWBASIC to Q-BASIC. More than anything I loved the simplicity of BASIC as it was an easy language to learn and then build stuff with. Once I got the foundations of Programming I moved schools and there at Air Force Bal Bharati we switched over to C & C++. At first I disliked C\/C++ because I was used to BASIC but then got to love it. Personally, I still feel that all programmers should start with C\/C++ before moving to other languages because they really give you a solid foundation in Programming. But that being said, without BASIC we wouldn’t have C.<\/p>\n
in the predawn darkness of May 1, 1964, a modest but pivotal moment in computing history unfolded at Dartmouth College. Mathematicians John G. Kemeny and Thomas E. Kurtz, operating a General Electric GE-225 mainframe, executed the first program in a language of their own devising: Beginner’s All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code (BASIC). <\/p>\n
It wasn’t the first popular language. That honor went to COBOL if you were in business or FORTRAN if you made your living in engineering. But, for many beginners from the mid-60s to the early 80s, BASIC was their introduction to computer programming. <\/p>\n
BASIC’s allure came from its simplicity. Designed as an interpreted language, it allowed programs to be written and executed line-by-line, an approach that resonated deeply with beginners.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Interestingly, BASIC is still not dead and is being actively developed by folks. In Fact, in honor of the 60th Anniversary 3 different FOSS BASIC-related projects have released new versions of the language:<\/p>\n
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- Small Visual Basic \u2013 not to be confused with SmallBASIC<\/a><\/li>\n
- SE BASIC 4.2<\/a><\/li>\n
- QB64 Phoenix<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
I don’t think I have copies of any of the BASIC programs I developed on my system but I might have a floppy somewhere with a few of them at home in Delhi. I should probably look for them when I next visit home. <\/p>\n
– Suramya<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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