From Andy Ball@1:261/38 to Vince Coen on Sunday, March 16, 2008 14:17:50
Hello Vince,
ASB> Although Microsoft have made some popular BASIC
> interpreters and compilers, they did not invent it
VC> Microsoft did What?
Note my use of "not" above ;-)
VC> I was using Basic on a ICL 2900 in the early 70's.
I haven't seen an ICL box in years.
VC> Dammed if I remember why but Basic was created as
> "Dartmouth Basic" and it may not have been the first
> but was the 1st that I knew about.
That probably was the original BASIC (it's an acronym,
so should be rendered in caps). I think Kemeny and Kurtz were at Dartmouth college (in the U.S, nothing to do with the Royal Navy) when they created it.
- Andy Ball
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