Kemeny and Thomas E. Kurtz successfully ran the first program written in their newly developed BASIC (Beginner's All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code) programming language on the college's ...

A Microsoft .NET language based on C++ with elements from Visual Basic and Java. See .NET Framework. Web-based programming language ... statement at a time. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ...

This development not only marked a big first in the history of basic computer programming languages as we see it today, it helped set the precedent of universities as leaders in computer science ...

This was programming that achieved a neat midpoint between the mind of a human and that of the machine. This is why I’ve long argued that BASIC is the most consequential language in the history ...

Languages such as COBOL, FORTRAN, BASIC and C were designed ... has become increasingly fragmented. See programming language and standards. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY.

Knowing how to program a computer is good for you, and it’s a shame more people don’t learn to do it. For years now, that’s been a hugely popular stance. It’s led to educational ...

Visual Basic (classic, as opposed to VB.NET ... up to date or to make a strategic decision about what programming language should be adopted when starting to build a new software system. The ...

A few non-Microsoft BASIC versions, such as QuickBASIC, also kept chugging along. However, other programming languages were beginning to push BASIC aside. Pascal, Java, and Python became the ...

Visual Basic .Net might not be the coolest programming language to know, but it remains popular and has now reached its highest position on the Tiobe index of top programming languages.