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BASIC wasn't invented in the 1980s: it was just used by PCs because it was already popular and easy to implement. Dartmouth BASIC was introduced in 1964, and i
by SeanLuke 4y ago
BASIC wasn't invented in the 1980s: it was just used by PCs because it was already popular and easy to implement. Dartmouth BASIC was introduced in 1964, and it and DOPE (its immediate predecessor) were heavily derivative of FORTRAN; and BASIC was meant to run on teletypes. FORTRAN had line numbers and GOTO; and likewise BASIC did.
- ForOldHack 4y agoHaving used both, and having developed on both I agree. Also Hazeltines, and Heathkits HAD cursors, but the computers they were hooked to, did not have the ram to support it, in basic. VI was just around the corner, but for UNIX.
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