“BASIC was intended to be a computer language for generalists to use to unlock the power of the computer in business and other realms of academia,” reads the article. ThoughtCo. reports that until ...

It’s led to educational initiatives as effortless sounding as the Hour of Code ... version of BASIC. “But if you move away from Alaska it’s probably not a very expressive language.

Before Microsoft (or even Micro-soft), there was an interpreter called Altair Basic ... language interpreter for the MITS Altair 8800 microcomputer — and “remains the coolest code I ...