Easy-to-use language that drove Apple, TRS-80, IBM, and Commodore PCs debuted in 1964.

I was definitely a Commodore kid, and BASIC was my first language. Maybe it’s nostalgia, but I still like BASIC for hobby stuff.

    • @wjriiEnglish
      9•8 months ago

      In a world with GORILLA.BAS and NIBBLES.BAS, I simply cannot reject the QBASIC faith with which I was raised.

    • @thehatfoxEnglish
      5•8 months ago

      There is an open source implementation of BBC Basic for modern systems that’s being actively developed - BBC BASIC for SDL 2.0.

      • Shelldor
        4•8 months ago

        It is great with lots of libraries. I am writing a game in it right now.

    • Boddhisatva
      4•8 months ago

      Bring it! I once wrote a basic program off of the random dungeon generator tables in the original Advanced Dungeons and Dragons - Dungeon Masters Guide using Atari BASIC.

    • gregorumEnglish
      2•8 months ago

      GPL BASIC. First language I learned when I was 5 in 1984.

      10 PRINT “Hello world!”
20 END
      • LucasWaffyWaf
        4•8 months ago

        10 PRINT “Sausage slaps”

        20 GOTO 10

        • Nemo Wuming
          6•8 months ago
          • 10 PRINT “What is your name?”
          • 20 INPUT $NAME
          • 30 PRINT "Wet noodle slaps " + $NAME
          • 40 GOTO 30
      • @SpaceNoodle
        3•8 months ago

        GPL as in the GPL? I thought that was first published in 1989

        • gregorumEnglish
          3•8 months ago

          Oh, I guess I was just using Apple’s Intiger BASIC then!