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BASIC Programming With No Strings Attached

Today in programming language hacks we have string art rendered in BASIC. String art — also known as pin and thread art, or filography — is an art form where images are invoked by thread woven between ...
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BASIC ruled the '80s. Here's why Python quietly became the new gateway to coding

From graphing calculators to interactive notebooks, Python eases you into programming, no GOTOs required.
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BASIC Programming On An Arduino

[Mike] sent in a project he’s been working on – a port of a BASIC interpreter that fits on an Arduino. The code is meant to be a faithful port of Tiny BASIC for the 68000, and true to Tiny BASIC form, ...
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Fifty Years of BASIC, the Programming Language That Made Computers Personal

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Microsoft’s first-ever programming language was just open-sourced

Did you know that, between 1976 and 1978, Microsoft developed its own version of the BASIC programming language? It was initially called Altair BASIC before becoming Microsoft BASIC, and it was ...