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Article #623751Re: The birth of BASIC
From: Scott Lurndal
Date: Mon, 04 Jun 2018 14:56
Date: Mon, 04 Jun 2018 14:56
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Andreas Kohlbach <a...@spamfence.net> writes: >On Fri, 1 Jun 2018 14:33:09 +0100, Gareth's Downstairs Computer wrote: >> >> BASIC (an acronym) is Beginner's All Purpose Instruction Code > >Interestingly the first versions of MS BASIC were also an "operating >system" on the MITS Altair. When loaded it did also I/O for mass media >devices like floppy disk and possibly punched cards. FWIW, The oxford dictionaries claim BASIC is a backronym, not an acronym.
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