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BASIC
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API
Paradigm
Unstructured, later procedural, later object-oriented
Designed by
John George Kemeny and Thomas Eugene Kurtz.
First appeared
1964; 51 years ago (1964)
Major implementations
Dartmouth BASIC, Apple BASIC, Atari BASIC, Sinclair BASIC, Commodore BASIC, Microsoft BASIC, Liberty BASIC, BBC BASIC, TI-BASIC, Visual Basic, FreeBASIC
Influenced by
ALGOL 60, FORTRAN II, JOSS
Influenced
COMAL, Visual Basic, Visual Basic .NET, Realbasic, GRASS, AutoIt, AutoHotkey
BASIC (an acronym for Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code) is a family of general-purpose, high-level programming languages whose design philosophy emphasizes ease of use.In 1964, John G. Kemeny and Thomas E. Kurtz designed the original BASIC language at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire. They wanted to enable students in fields other than science and mathematics to use computers. At the time, nearly all use of computers required writing custom software, which was something only scientists and mathematicians tended to learn.Versions of BASIC became widespread on microcomputers in the mid-1970s and 1980s. Microcomputers usually shipped with BASIC, often in the machine's firmware. Having an easy-to-learn language on these early personal computers allowed small business owners, professionals, hobbyists, and consultants to develop custom software on computers they could afford.BASIC remains popular in many dialects and in new languages influenced by BASIC, such as Microsoft's Visual Basic. In 2006, 59% of developers for the .NET Framework used Visual Basic .NET as their only programming language.
^ "A Manual for BASIC, the elementary algebraic language designed for use with the Dartmouth Time Sharing System"
^ Vaughan-Nichols, Steven (20 February 2007). "Mono brings Visual Basic programs to Linux". LinuxDevices.com. Ziff Davis.
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