That was almost 50 years ago; since then, Microsoft has embraced open-source software. In recent years, Microsoft has started ...

This is why I’ve long argued that BASIC is the most consequential language in the history of computing. It’s a language for noobs, sure, but back then most everyone was a noob. Throughout the ...

Engineers programming in FORTRAN were not going to be what would start a home computer revolution. Learning the language and writing a BASIC interpreter ...

A few months after releasing the Altair BASIC source code, Microsoft has shared another cornerstone of its early software success. The company announced that 6502 BASIC ...

Since the 1960s, BASIC has introduced countless beginners to computer programming. Here's how the language got started, the paths it cleared for Windows and Apple, and where you can still find it ...

Learning how to write computer programs can teach kids far more about logic, mathematics and self-discipline than any junior-high and high-school classes. And today’s adolescents and pre-adol… ...