Re: The birth of BASIC

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From: Andrew Swallow
Date: Sat, 02 Jun 2018 16:28

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On 02/06/2018 06:59, Charles Richmond wrote:
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> ISTM that the word "BASIC" was a backronym...  meaning that they started 
> with the word BASIC and then figured out the phrase it stood for later on.
> 
> 
Theses things are normally a feed back process. When STARTER and LEARNER 
failed try BASIC

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