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.

A brochure for the GE 210 computer from 1964. BASIC's creators used a similar computer four years later to develop the programming language. Credit: GE / Wikipedia ...

Computer programming for kids could be the next big trend. That’s if the success of recent Kickstarter projects, including one aimed at teaching kids as young as three the basics of programming ...

May 02, 2024 10:48:00 The programming language BASIC celebrates its 60th anniversary BASIC , a programming language that first appeared on May 1, 1964, celebrates its 60th anniversary in 2024.

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 ...

It’s with sadness that we note the passing of Thomas E. Kurtz, on November 12th. He was co-inventor of the BASIC programming language back in the 1960s, and though his creation may not receiv… ...