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Subject: Re: BASIC turns 60
Date: Sat, 4 May 2024 23:10:03 -0000 (UTC)
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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?
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