You know, when I was first learning computing, back in the 1978-1981 era, *everything* that I cared about was open source.

We just didn't call it that back in the heyday of 8-bit interpreted languages.

#BASIC #basiclang #atari800 #commodorepet #trs80 #trs80model1 #trs80model3 #apple2 #appleii #TI994 #TI994a #atari #atari8bit #atari400 #basicdialects #retrocomputing

RIP Thomas Kurtz, most famous for being the co-developer of the original BASIC programming language at Dartmouth. #ComputerHistory #programming #BasicLang computerhistory.org/blog/in-me…
In Memoriam: Thomas E. Kurtz, 1928–2024

CHM remembers the remarkable career and contributions of 2023 Fellow Thomas E. Kurtz, who passed away on November 12, 2024.

CHM

Acabo de reescribir en Julia el primer programa que escribí en Basic (hacia 1983 🧟‍♂️):

```julia
begin
@.label l10
println("Hello!")
@.goto l10
end
```
(Hay que quitar los puntos después de las @, es para que mastodon no crea que son cuentas.)

Y, sí, hay un GOTO. Es una tontería, pero me ha alegrado la mañana 😃.

Aunque no hayáis usado nunca Julia, os podéis imaginar el resultado.

#julialang #basiclang