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 ProdigalFrog   ( @ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net )  to Programming@programming.devEnglish · 11 months ago

50 years after Basic, most users still can't or won't program anything

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50 years after Basic, most users still can't or won't program anything

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 ProdigalFrog   ( @ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net )  to Programming@programming.devEnglish · 11 months ago
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When Dartmouth College launched the Basic language 50 years ago, it enabled ordinary users to write code. Millions did. But we've gone backwards since then, and most users now seem unable or unwilling to create so much as a simple macro
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    I fiddled with TI BASIC in school and wrote a horrifying abomination that ran Minesweeper. Complete with 3x3 clearing and flagging. Calc 1 was my free period.

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