RIP this month: Thomas Kurtz: the co-inventor, with John Kemeny, of the BASIC programming language. For many of us, myself included, our first programming language ...

https://computerhistory.org/blog/in-memoriam-thomas-e-kurtz-1928-2024/

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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.

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@Natasha_Jay Sad! Basic was also my first programming language. I remember learning to program after playing Gorillas.bas on my dos machine and accidentally stopping it to see code. I would then tweak the code to change the game. Lovely language for getting motivated with programming.