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

“Basic C programming,” is an online Wikibooks resource. It is a good step up from another Wikibooks resource: “A little C primer.” It is a complete online text book that takes comprehensive look at ...

In 1977, Commodore licensed BASIC for $25,000 as a one-time payment, securing perpetual use without royalties.

Sixty years ago, on May 1, 1964, at 4 am in the morning, a quiet revolution in computing began at Dartmouth College. That's when mathematicians John G. Kemeny and Thomas E. Kurtz successfully ran the ...

Knowing how to program a computer is good for you, and it’s a shame more people don’t learn to do it. For years now, that’s been a hugely popular stance. It’s led to educational initiatives as ...

Microsoft’s version of BASIC was one of the first programming languages that the general public came into contact with, ...

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Universities are no strangers to innovating with technology. EdTech wouldn’t exist if that weren’t true. But colleges were truly at the forefront when it came to the development of computer science.

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 ...