Daniel M. Reck<p>"Prior to BASIC, <a href="https://mas.to/tags/programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>programming</span></a> languages like <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Fortran" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fortran</span></a>, <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Algol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Algol</span></a>, and <a href="https://mas.to/tags/COBOL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>COBOL</span></a> proved complex and...Kemeny and Kurtz saw a need for amateurs who were not dedicated <a href="https://mas.to/tags/computer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>computer</span></a> engineers to be able to use <a href="https://mas.to/tags/computers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>computers</span></a> as well. Their journey to create a more user-friendly language began in 1956 … [with] the lessons learned from these projects informed the development of <a href="https://mas.to/tags/BASIC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BASIC</span></a>, which started in 1963."<br><a href="https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/05/the-basic-programming-language-turns-60/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/0</span><span class="invisible">5/the-basic-programming-language-turns-60/</span></a></p>