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BASIC (programming language) (view source)
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'''BASIC''' is an acronym for Beginners All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code. It is a Programming Language invented at [[Dartmouth College]] in 1964 by mathematicians John George Kemeny and Thomas E. Kurtz for the purpose of teaching elementary programming. BASIC has since been defined in two ANSI (X3.60-1978 and X3.113-1987) and two ISO (6373:1984 and ISO/IEC 10279:1991) standards. Its simplicity has led to widespread use; interpreters and compilers exist for variants of BASIC on nearly every hardware platform in existence, but the most popular commercial version is Microsoft's [[Visual BASIC]].
'''BASIC''' is an acronym for Beginners All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code. It is a Programming Language invented at [[Dartmouth College]] in 1964 by mathematicians John George Kemeny and Thomas E. Kurtz for the purpose of teaching elementary programming. BASIC has since been defined in two ANSI (X3.60-1978 and X3.113-1987) and two ISO (6373:1984 and ISO/IEC 10279:1991) standards. Its simplicity has led to widespread use; [[Interpreter (computing)|interpreters]] and compilers exist for variants of BASIC on nearly every hardware platform in existence, but the most popular commercial version is Microsoft's [[Visual BASIC]].
==Technical Summary==
==Technical Summary==
One of the most noticeable items in BASIC programs are the line numbers, which define the order in which the program is executed. Line numbers are supported, but not required in most modern versions of BASIC.
One of the most noticeable items in BASIC programs are the line numbers, which define the order in which the program is executed. Line numbers are supported, but not required in most modern versions of BASIC.
The original BASIC implementation was a compiler, but for many years most BASIC implementations were interpreters (either straight interpreters or byte-code interpreters).
The original BASIC implementation was a compiler, but for many years most BASIC implementations were [[Interpreter (computing)|interpreters]] (either straight interpreters or byte-code interpreters).
==Sample==
==Sample==