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BASIC was not just a programming language
BASIC is often dismissed as an inferior language compared to its successors. Common complaints are its use of line numbers, its heavy reliance on GOTO for execution flow, and its lack of a stack for local variables. What many critics overlook is that at the time of its use (during the first wave of home computers)…
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| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
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| Dec 26, 2023 | BASIC was not just a programming language by guillaumec | 139 | 116 |
