Re: BASIC turns 60

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De : candycanearter07 (at) *nospam* candycanearter07.nomail.afraid (candycanearter07)
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Date : 07. May 2024, 14:36:12
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Darth Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote at 20:03 this Sunday (GMT):
candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> wrote:
Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote at 18:38 this Thursday (GMT):
Justisaur <justisaur@yahoo.com> wrote:
On 5/1/2024 2:16 PM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
 
I'd wager that even if you don't know anything else about it, most
people have at least heard of the BASIC programming language. Designed
as an easy-to-use language, its comparatively lightweight footprint
paired well with the newest microcomputers of the 70s and 80s. It was
the de facto standard language for many PCs - in fact, for the longest
time, even IBM PC/Compatibles would try to boot to a BASIC interpreter
if no boot-sector was found on floppy or hard-drive, burning the
nonsensical "No ROM BASIC System Halted" message into many a PC-users
brain if there was a disk failure).
 
In some ways BASIC was the Java of its time; a common language that
(more or less) ran on many different computers regardless of
hardware.* Many classic games were coded in BASIC, and -even as the
world slowly moved away from that language - many developer's first
steps (and games!) were made using BASIC. Microsoft's first product
was a BASIC interpreter; without it, they'd never have had the cash to
'create' their DOS operating system and we might still all be under
the thumb of IBM (and probably still using 16-bit processors. IBM
hated innovation). I myself have semi-fond memories of typing in BASIC
programs from some magazine into my 8-bit PC, and then struggling to
understand what the hell I was doing.
 
Anyway, BASIC turned 60 today, with the first BASIC program being run
1 May 1964 in Dartmouth College. So let's all raise a glass to this
pioneer of computing that helped make the microcomputer industry the
success it is today.
 
>
* not quite, since BASIC interpretations varied from platform to
platform, but - especially in the early days - it didn't take too much
effort to port programs between different systems
>
I took a BASIC class in Jr. College in the 80's, I made a few programs.
The one I remember most was one that would roll D&D characters on 3d6 in
order until you qualified for the class you wanted to play (1e/2e) which
was over 1000 rolls for the one Paladin.
>
I'm still slowly trying to learn Javascript, but it makes absolutely no
sense to me in comparison.  I can type a simple program in and try to
figure out why it isn't working, but that's about it, which is discouraging.
>
I had tried to learn Python many years ago on my own, but just didn't
have the motivation, I remember it making a lot more sense though.
Maybe I should go back to that, but I wanted the web native abilities of
Javascript.
>
I don't like coding. I do like breaking stuff though as a QA tester. ;)
>
Wait you were a QA tester?
>
Yep from 1998 to 2016.


Pretty cool!
--
user <candycane> is generated from /dev/urandom

Date Sujet#  Auteur
1 May 24 * BASIC turns 6039Spalls Hurgenson
2 May 24 +* Re: BASIC turns 609Ant
2 May 24 i+* Re: BASIC turns 603Spalls Hurgenson
2 May 24 ii+- Re: BASIC turns 601Ant
3 May 24 ii`- Re: BASIC turns 601Zaghadka
5 May 24 i`* Re: BASIC turns 605candycanearter07
5 May 24 i +* Re: BASIC turns 603Spalls Hurgenson
5 May 24 i i`* Re: BASIC turns 602Dimensional Traveler
5 May 24 i i `- Re: BASIC turns 601Xocyll
7 May 24 i `- Re: BASIC turns 601candycanearter07
2 May 24 +* Re: BASIC turns 6025Justisaur
2 May 24 i+* Re: BASIC turns 6023Ant
2 May 24 ii+* Re: BASIC turns 6014Justisaur
3 May 24 iii`* Re: BASIC turns 6013Zaghadka
4 May 24 iii +* Re: BASIC turns 6011Dimensional Traveler
4 May 24 iii i`* Re: BASIC turns 6010Spalls Hurgenson
4 May 24 iii i +- Re: BASIC turns 601Dimensional Traveler
5 May 24 iii i `* Re: BASIC turns 608Xocyll
5 May 24 iii i  +* Re: BASIC turns 606candycanearter07
6 May 24 iii i  i+* Re: BASIC turns 604Dimensional Traveler
7 May 24 iii i  ii`* Re: BASIC turns 603candycanearter07
7 May 24 iii i  ii `* Re: BASIC turns 602Dimensional Traveler
7 May 24 iii i  ii  `- Re: BASIC turns 601candycanearter07
6 May 24 iii i  i`- Re: BASIC turns 601Xocyll
6 May 24 iii i  `- Re: BASIC turns 601Zaghadka
4 May 24 iii `- Re: BASIC turns 601JAB
3 May 24 ii+* Re: BASIC turns 603Spalls Hurgenson
3 May 24 iii`* Re: BASIC turns 602Ant
5 May 24 iii `- Re: BASIC turns 601candycanearter07
5 May 24 ii`* Re: BASIC turns 605candycanearter07
5 May 24 ii `* Re: BASIC turns 604Darth Ant
6 May 24 ii  +* Re: BASIC turns 602Dimensional Traveler
6 May 24 ii  i`- Re: BASIC turns 601Zaghadka
7 May 24 ii  `- Re: BASIC turns 601candycanearter07
3 May 24 i`- Re: BASIC turns 601Zaghadka
2 May 24 +- Re: BASIC turns 601Ant
3 May 24 +- Re: BASIC turns 601JAB
3 May 24 +- Re: BASIC turns 601Zaghadka
4 May 24 `- Re: BASIC turns 601Anssi Saari

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