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Definitely not just a language for kids - When I worked for the Navy in the early 90s, they were still using software written in Rocky Mountain BASIC on all the

by pge 3y ago

Definitely not just a language for kids - When I worked for the Navy in the early 90s, they were still using software written in Rocky Mountain BASIC on all the submarines in the fleet.

ikari_pl 3y ago
That's mindblowing! I'd expect Ada there! Do you have any references that I should add to the post? :D
- pge 3y ago
  Edited: Here’s link to an article that includes a first person account of why RM BASIC (developed by HP) was used by the fleet. http://hpmuseum.net/display_item.php?hw=367 http://hpmuseum.net/display_item.php?hw=367