Flutterby™! : BASIC 2024-11-02 14:15:00.643263+01

BASIC

2024-11-02 14:15:00.643263+01 by Dan Lyke 0 comments

“GitHub Spark: Can we enable anyone to create or adapt software for themselves, using AI and a fully-managed runtime?”

We had this in the 80’s, it was called BASIC.

It ran on 8 bit computers that you could actually own for a couple hundred bucks, most of which consumed less than 100 watts.

It was so simple that anyone could learn to use it, so concise that entire pieces of software could be distributed via printed magazines and so universal that most programs could be run on completely different computers with little or no modification.

The best part? Using it made you smarter, not stupider.

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