On May 1, 1964, Professor John Kemeny ran the first BASIC program from a timesharing terminal at Dartmouth College, and ushered in a new era in accessible programming. Growing up in the 1970s and 1980s, BASIC tended to be the first language that children of my generation came across; despite well-known claims to the contrary , many of us are doing just fine. We’ve got a few goodies to help get you in the party mood.

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Celebrating 50 years of BASIC