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So would some Apple II owners. I don’t think MS BASIC was the best in the business, but it was the most ubiquitous. If only Woz had been willing to add floatin

So would some Apple II owners. I don’t think MS BASIC was the best in the business, but it was the most ubiquitous. If only Woz had been willing to add floating point support to his BASIC. He was perfectly capable of it! Would’ve saved Apple a lot of heartache later.

rowanG077 4y ago
Why was Woz unwilling to add floating point support?
- laumars 4y ago
  He wasn’t unwilling. The story I heard was that it’s the usual tail of time constraints. It was quicker to license Microsoft BASIC than it was to add floating points to Integer BASIC.