Re: The birth of BASIC

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From: JimP
Date: Sat, 02 Jun 2018 15:17

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On 2 Jun 2018 00:41:26 GMT, Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid>
wrote:

>On 2018-06-01, JimP <solo...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On 1 Jun 2018 23:05:05 GMT, Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On 2018-06-01, JimP <solo...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> did try to run ADA on that machine... its was so slow that the
>>>
>>> Give it a break.  The members of the Americans with Disabilities
>>> Association have enough trouble as it is.
>>
>> I'm sure you know it was a programming language, to government
>> guidelines.
>
>Yup.  I also know its name is not spelled in all caps,
>so I facetiously suggested an alternative that is.
>
>http://www.adahome.com/FAQ/comp-lang-ada.html#spelling

The materials the guvmint sent the university had it in all-caps. This
would have been about 1989.

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