The language that made that all possible. They called it the Beginner’s All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code— BASIC. Before BASIC, life in the computer programming world was complicated.

The BASIC programming language turns 60 Easy-to-use language that drove Apple, TRS-80, IBM, and Commodore PCs debuted in 1964.

This is why I’ve long argued that BASIC is the most consequential language in the history of computing. It’s a language for noobs, sure, but back then most everyone was a noob.

If you are a certain age, your first programming language was almost certainly BASIC. You probably at least saw the famous book by Ahl, titled BASIC Computer Games or 101 BASIC Computer Games.

The history of basic computer programming languages dates back far. Learn more about the BASIC & C coding languages that got everything started.

BASIC, a programming language that first appeared on May 1, 1964, celebrates its 60th anniversary in 2024. With the grant, Kemeny and his team opened up their BASIC prototype to everyone at ...

Thomas Kurtz, coinventor of BASIC computer language, dies at 96 His programming language replaced inscrutable numbers and glyphs with intuitive commands, translating the exhilarating power of ...

In his new autobiography, the computer pioneer and philanthropist writes of his origins, and about how, in eighth grade, he ...

Thomas E. Kurtz, a Dartmouth College professor who co-created the novice-friendly computer code known as Basic during the 1960s and helped make it the industry standard for programmers during the ...

BASIC turns 60: Why simplicity was this programming language's blessing and its curse Since the 1960s, BASIC has introduced countless beginners to computer programming.

Thomas E. Kurtz, a pioneering mathematician at Dartmouth College and an inventor of the simplified computer programming language known as BASIC, which allowed students to easily operate early ...