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> The Apple ][ shipped initially with a Tiny BASIC inspired interpreter (Integer BASIC) Citation needed. Wikipedia doesn’t mention this influence, for example
by Someone 5mo ago
> The Apple ][ shipped initially with a Tiny BASIC inspired interpreter (Integer BASIC)
Citation needed. Wikipedia doesn’t mention this influence, for example (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integer_BASIC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integer_BASIC), and Woz didn’t mention it as an influence in 2014 (https://gizmodo.com/how-steve-wozniak-wrote-basic-for-the-original-apple-fr-1570573636 https://gizmodo.com/how-steve-wozniak-wrote-basic-for-the-or...).
> ascribed to Woz.
I think it’s accepted that Woz wrote that basic interpreter. “Ascribed” makes it look as if there is some doubt about that.
- OhMeadhbh 5mo agoI think I meant to say both tiny basic and game basic were inspired by the similar non-msft basics, not that game/integer BASIC was inspired by Li-Chen Wang or Dennis Allison's work. Modified the text to be clearer. As for your interpretation of the word "ascribed," I can't help you there. I could go "attributed" or "alleged," but neither really helps. "Credited" is probably better, but it sounds like you're reacting with incredulity to the idea there are people who don't know Woz wrote Game BASIC. The use of "ascribed" here is to point out there were people other than Gates/Allen/Davidoff who wrote BASIC interpreters in the 70s.