BASIC Is Still Alive and Kicking

crg@crg.eti.br (Cesar Gimenes) — Mon, 08 Jul 2019 20:12:16 -0300

While researching BASIC implementations, I found some interesting things. It’s amazing that a language this old, and with this many problems, still exists. You can even find commercial compilers still under active development for it.

Yes, even though I’m a fan and love playing with BASIC for the nostalgia and the fun, there’s no denying that BASIC causes more problems than it solves. (In my opinion)

Of course, an extremely simple language made sense when BASIC was born, in 1964. Machines had few resources, and the goal was a language for beginners. BASIC stands for Beginner’s All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code

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BASIC Is Still Alive and Kicking