Were there many complex programs written in BASIC? Or was it largely a teaching tool? People who weren't old enough to be in business remember BASIC as somethi

Were there many complex programs written in BASIC? Or was it largely a teaching tool? People who weren't old enough to be in business remember BASIC as something from their home computers, but BASIC was integral to many businesses in the early years of general purpose computing. There were plenty of business programs written in BASIC, and part of its appeal was that any business owner with a little time could learn how to customize those programs to suit their particular business' needs. BASIC wasn't just for homes and home computers. Virtually every computer or computing device produced in that era had BASIC available for it, and for good reason. It was quick to learn, versatile, and when you knew the basics on one system, you could use that knowledge on other systems. BASIC was available on machines ranging from $250 to $200,000 or more. There wouldn't be BASIC on $50,000 machines if there wasn't a demand for it. My memory is a bit fuzzy on this specific, but I'm pretty sure that HP had a computer that came with both BASIC and AP/L. Nobody was using that machine in their homes.