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BASIC was from 1964, screen editors weren't a common thing at that point in history. Many of the implementations that made it into early home computers weren't
by Jtsummers 4y ago
BASIC was from 1964, screen editors weren't a common thing at that point in history. Many of the implementations that made it into early home computers weren't too distantly altered from that original version.
- benj111 4y agoI mean at the point when basic was being ported to home computers, thus the comment about backward compatibility.