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The BASIC programming language turns 60 (arstechnica.com)
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I was definitely a Commodore kid, and BASIC was my first language. Maybe it's nostalgia, but I still like BASIC for hobby stuff.

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[–] thehatfox@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago

There are so many weird and wonderful BASIC dialects found on all sorts of platforms.

In Europe the PlayStation 2 shipped with a version of Yabasic on the bundled demo disc. It was an attempt to avoid some of import taxes by claiming the PS2 was a computer instead of a games console.