Way, way back in the early days of microcomputers, a fellow named Tom Pittman wrote a "Tiny BASIC" interpreter that ran on a 6502 processor and fit in under 1 kilobyte of memory. I ran it on my KIM-1 computer. I also got a version that ran on my Motorola 6800-based computer. I learned BASIC first on Tiny BASIC, but later worked with a "fuller" BASIC that ran on A DEC PDP-11 minicomputer. Tom Pittman published this article in 2004 about his Tiny BASIC.
Posted by CJ at 3:34 pm (PDT) on Fri June 12, 2015
I was happy when they finally came out with Extended Basic. Made programming, testing and de-bugging A LOT EASIER! lol
Chuck - There are descendents of BASIC, such as Microsoft's Visual Basic, still kicking around today, but most serious programming these days is in languages based on C (C++, C#, and so on), or in languages like Java. The BBeM web site is written mostly in the PHP scripting language (which generates the HTML content of each page)' while relying on JavaScript for certain features.
I remember when my father got us our first computer. It was a Radio Shack TRS-80, "Trash 80." I learned a little about BASIC, but since then, I lost my knowledge of the language. Does anyone know what a computer's programming language is today?
Posted by CJ at 11:03 pm (PDT) on Fri October 3, 2014
Does this bring back memories. I learned basic using a PET computer. Saving the programs on cassette tapes.
Posted by Duff at 4:57 am (PST) on Fri November 13, 2009
I found this code on the Net. Seems kinda useless, though. In fact, anyone who ran this program on a Teletype or similar paper-based terminal would be quite annoyed by the final little loop!
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