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3. I remember learning BASIC in high school.

Sat Nov 16, 2024, 09:57 PM

Nov 16

Don't remember exactly what the course was, maybe a dedicated programming course, maybe part of something a little broader.

But it was one of those classes I looked forward to. Just the idea that it was possible to put together this string of logic that could actually DO things in the real world was exciting (once you figured out where your initial attempt went wrong and corrected it).

I also really enjoyed the term "spaghetti code" which I think was mostly the result of the GOTO command.

In any case, thanks Thomas E. Kurtz.

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Thomas E. Kurtz, a Creator of BASIC Computer Language, Dies at 96 [View all] Jacson6 Nov 16 OP

..... gay texan Nov 16 #1

:-) n/t Jacson6 Nov 16 #2

Fun, but then you might have to apologize to someone somewhere... dgauss Nov 16 #7

Have i ever.... n/t gay texan Nov 16 #9

I saw the code you put up there as a kind of a prank that many old timers could relate to. And then yeah, dgauss Nov 16 #10

I remember doing that with my own name, on Commodore 64's canuckledragger Nov 16 #8

I remember learning BASIC in high school. dgauss Nov 16 #3

On the C64 I used a lot of gosub commands. Jacson6 Nov 16 #4

I have to say, the goto command kind of made programming into an adventure. dgauss Nov 16 #6

My first computer language! Intractable Nov 16 #5

Actually, infinite loops are OK Otto_Harper Nov 16 #12

My favorite language among many. Basic was always there too, in many flavors and uses, among all of the other SWBTATTReg Nov 16 #11

Sitting around duncang Nov 17 #13