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BASIC ruled the '80s. Here's why Python quietly became the new gateway to coding

From graphing calculators to interactive notebooks, Python eases you into programming, no GOTOs required.
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BASIC: Cross-Platform Software Hacking Then And Now

Surely BASIC is properly obsolete by now, right? Perhaps not. In addition to inspiring a large part of home computing today, BASIC is still very much alive today, even outside of retro computing.
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Over 100 basic-income pilots have run in US cities. Now states are getting creative to fund no-strings-attached cash payments.

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. Michael Tubbs wants to turn basic-income pilot programs into long-term policy — and the movement may ...
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Altair BASIC – Microsoft’s first software product made available via GitHub

Computer enthusiasts, programmers and hobbyists may be interested to know that the discontinued interpreter for the BASIC programming language, Altair BASIC has been published to GitHub. The ...
Hackaday

BASIC Programming On An Arduino

[Mike] sent in a project he’s been working on – a port of a BASIC interpreter that fits on an Arduino. The code is meant to be a faithful port of Tiny BASIC for the 68000, and true to Tiny BASIC form, ...