Harry McCrackenTom Kurtz, who co-invented BASIC—probably the piece of software that has meant the most to me—has died at age 96. When it turned 50 ten years ago, I wrote a VERY long article about why it was so important, and I’m very grateful that he helped with it. RIP. https://time.com/69316/basic/
Irenes (many)@harrymccracken we started with BASIC, all those years ago. thank you for the lovely article. may he rest in peace.
Michaela Sue@ireneista @harrymccracken Back when I was young when you turned a computer on a BASIC interpreter just came up by default!
@beige_alert @harrymccracken we spent much of the 90s mourning that it wasn't like that anymore, and asking ourselves how the kids would learn