Re: The birth of BASIC

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From: Bob Eager
Date: Thu, 31 May 2018 16:37

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On Sun, 27 May 2018 18:12:01 -0400, Andreas Kohlbach wrote:

> I found this IMO interesting video about the birth of BASIC on YouTube.
> It also shows some old IBM and other machines used back in the 1960s.
> 
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYPNjSoDrqw
> 
> I enjoyed watching it.

I learned BASIC in 1971. Our textbook was the one by Kemeny and Kurtz.



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