The BASIC programming language turns 60

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The BASIC programming language turns 60 - lemmus.org

I was definitely a Commodore kid, and BASIC was my first language. Maybe it’s nostalgia, but I still like BASIC for hobby stuff.

BBC BASIC was best BASIC. Fight me.

GPL BASIC. First language I learned when I was 5 in 1984.

10 PRINT “Hello world!” 20 END
10 PRINT “Sausage slaps” 20 GOTO 10
10 PRINT “What is your name?” 20 INPUT $NAME 30 PRINT "Sausage slaps " + $NAME 40 GOTO 30
GPL as in the GPL? I thought that was first published in 1989
Oh, I guess I was just using Apple’s Intiger BASIC then!
There an open source implementation of BBC Basic for modern systems that’s being actively developed - BBC BASIC for SDL 2.0.
BBC BASIC - Write your own programs

BBC BASIC for SDL 2.0

It is great with lots of libraries. I am writing a game in it right now.
In a world with GORILLA.BAS and NIBBLES.BAS, I simply cannot reject the QBASIC faith with which I was raised.

I was taught QBASIC at school… in 2003.

DoDDS is weird.

Bring it! I once wrote a basic program off of the random dungeon generator tables in the original Advanced Dungeons and Dragons - Dungeon Masters Guide using Atari BASIC.
Atari BASIC - Wikipedia