10 PRINT “HAPPY 60TH BIRTHDAY BASIC”

[jon-nyc]

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/05/the-basic-programming-language-turns-60/

[Mik]

It's younger than me. Dang.

[Klaus]

A terrible programming language. Algol was way more advanced in comparison, let alone LISP.

[jon-nyc]

Maybe so, but it was easy for this kid to learn in the 80s.

[Axtremus]

My favorite feature of BASIC is GOTO.

[Mik]

@jon-nyc said in 10 PRINT “HAPPY 60TH BIRTHDAY BASIC”:

Maybe so, but it was easy for this kid to learn in the 80s.

Hence the name. It was meant to be instructional.

[Mik]

@Axtremus said in 10 PRINT “HAPPY 60TH BIRTHDAY BASIC”:

My favorite feature of BASIC is GOTO.

I don't know if that particular geek joke will go over big here, but I get it.