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Imagine if they had put a Forth interpreter instead? That would have been real genius... but alas we got a crappy BASIC because everyone else had one.
by sergius 6y ago
Imagine if they had put a Forth interpreter instead? That would have been real genius... but alas we got a crappy BASIC because everyone else had one.
- nickt 6y agoLike the Jupiter Ace? http://www.jupiter-ace.co.uk/ http://www.jupiter-ace.co.uk/
- Jtsummers 6y agoTo be clear, BASIC came out in 1964 versus 1970 for Forth. I'm not sure how the creators of BASIC could've used Forth instead.
- sergius 6y agoIn popular micros that came out in 1980? In 1970 you still huge expensive boxes as computers...
- pjmlp 6y agoBesides the Jupiter Ace pointed about, I used to see ads in YourSinclair and Crash about Forth units to plug into expansion ports.
- sergius 6y agoBasic was a real bad idea to begin with...