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BASIC
History
- Created in Dartmouth
- Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code (BASIC)
- Commodore 64, TRS-80, Apple II booted into an immediate mode basic interpreter
- First Generation (Line numbering required)
- Second Generation (Quick Basic, Power Basic)
- No line numbers
- Procedures
- Third generation (OO)
- Visual Basic
- VBScript (ASP, VBA)
- VB .NET (compiles to IDL)
Features
- Explicit program counters
- QBASIC added implicit PCs
Strengths
- Quick to start coding
- Approachable syntax
Weaknesses
- Slow
- Not Object Oriented
- Many free versions of basic interpreters
Uses
- Learning how to program
- Programming TI Calculators
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