The BASIC programming language turns 60

Easy-to-use programming language that drove Apple, IBM, and Commodore PCs debuted in 1964.

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Learned it on an Amiga 500 and hacked ANSI graphics into Petra BBS. So fun

 

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AmigaBASIC! Used it on my A1000 for a year, then bought a compiler that could build executables out of AmigaBASIC code. Wrote my own terminal program with a zillion bells and whistles. This was after learning TRS-80 Level II BASIC in the late 1970s.

Man I forgot all about that compiler that made executable basic code. I had that too. I miss those days! Your terminal would have had a heavy lift to beat JRComm but I bet it was fun to write.