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ProdigalFrog to Programming@programming.devEnglish • 4 months ago

50 years after Basic, most users still can't or won't program anything

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50 years after Basic, most users still can't or won't program anything

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ProdigalFrog to Programming@programming.devEnglish • 4 months ago
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When Dartmouth College launched the Basic language 50 years ago, it enabled ordinary users to write code. Millions did. But we've gone backwards since then, and most users now seem unable or unwilling to create so much as a simple macro
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    After the axing there was an effort to salvage the last open source versions, and build something from there: http://openxtalk.org/

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      2•4 months ago

      Oh nice! I did a quick search for forks but didn’t find that, so thanks for linking. I’ll check it out!

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