Academia and business moved away from BASIC and Pascal to languages like C and C++, which were developed by those in the tech industry. But forward-thinkers like Wirth set the stage for higher ...

Since the 1960s, BASIC has introduced countless beginners to computer programming. Here's how the language got started, the paths it cleared for Windows and Apple, and where you can still find it ...

The BASIC programming language turns 60 Easy-to-use language that drove Apple, TRS-80, IBM, and Commodore PCs debuted in 1964.

Once upon a time, knowing how to use a computer was virtually synonymous with knowing how to program one. And the thing that made it possible was a programming language called BASIC.

60 years ago, the inventors of the BASIC programming language actually achieved what they had hoped for: simple programming that is accessible to everyone.

The language that made that all possible. They called it the Beginner’s All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code— BASIC. Before BASIC, life in the computer programming world was complicated.

Visual Basic Version of BASIC for Windows programming from Microsoft that has been widely used. See Visual Basic. Visual FoxPro A dBASE language and development system from Microsoft. See Visual ...