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

This is why I’ve long argued that BASIC is the most consequential language in the history of computing. It’s a language for noobs, sure, but back then most everyone was a noob.

BASICA group of general-purpose, high-level programming languages that are relatively easy to use. BASIC stands for Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code.

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 ...

Can you believe it? The BASIC programming language is 50 years old this month.

Introduction to Python for Data Analysis Recall that R is a statistical programming language—a language designed to do things like t -tests, regression, and so on.

Nowadays, "basic" has a very different and derogatory Urban Dictionary-style meaning. Fifty years ago on this very day, however, it was the name given to a new computer-programming language born ...

Small Basic is a recent offering from Microsoft based on the venerable BASIC programming language and implemented with .NET.

It’s with sadness that we note the passing of Thomas E. Kurtz, on November 12th. He was co-inventor of the BASIC programming language back in the 1960s, and though his creation may not receive ...

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