Currently the BASIC source code must be typed on a VT100 Terminal program via serial (RS232) connection. So it is not possible to save the code, only interpret and run. Current Status: ...

Since the 1960s, BASIC has introduced countless beginners to computer programming. Here's how the language got started, the paths it cleared for Windows and Apple, and where you can still find it ...

Today, most computer users don’t see raw BASIC code when they turn on their machines. ... Kemeny and Kurtz flipped the switch on the first BASIC program on May 1, 1964, at 4AM.

Why Basic mattered. Chief among the mourners has been tech pundit and science fiction author David Brin, who decried Basic’s passing in a widely cited article, “Why Johnny Can’t Code ...

So they designed a new programming language, BASIC (Beginners All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code), with general users in mind. It was small, simple, interactive and easy for just about anyone ...

When Dartmouth College launched the Basic language 50 years ago, it enabled ordinary users to write code. Millions did. But we've gone backwards since then, and most users now seem unable or ...

See how lambda expressions enhance a common programming scenario. By Joe Kunk; 08/01/2012; A friend was recently reviewing some Visual Basic code that I was having an issue with. As we looked at one ...

In fact, the idea underlying his best-known work, the now 60-year-old BASIC programming language, ... Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code. On May 1, 1964, just over sixty years ago, ...

You may have seen Minecraft used to teach programming or even mods that allow some in-game programming, but writing BASIC code inside Minecraft? That's virtually unheard of... until now. SethBling ...

Seth Bling worked on an in-game BASIC code interpreter in Minecraft. Check out the result of two weeks of his hard work blending video game and coding tool.