Easy-to-use programming language that drove Apple, IBM, and Commodore PCs debuted in 1964. ... I learned computer programming writing Basic on an Atari 400.

The BASIC programming language turns 60 Easy-to-use language that drove Apple, TRS-80, IBM, and Commodore PCs debuted in 1964. Benj Edwards – May 1, 2024 12:17 pm | 253 ...

For me, it was my fourth programming language, after BASIC, PDP-8 assembly language, and PDP-8 binary (yes, I wrote binary code so I could toggle it in on the front panel of an early minicomputer).

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 ...

BASIC had significant limitations (as anyone who has tried to write games on a C64 has experienced), and as PCs evolved, the language was supplanted by others such as C and Pascal.