[Coco] Happy Birthday BASIC!

[Wayne Campbell]

It is there, albeit as a brief allusion to the fact:

History -> Origin
2nd paragraph
3rd sentence reads:

"Wanting use of the language to become widespread, its designers made the
compiler available free of charge."

Wayne

On May 2, 2017 11:44 AM, "Salvador Garcia via Coco" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
wrote:

> Something that I did not locate in that Wiki entry is that the original
> BASIC was a compiled language.
>
> Seeing how many shunned BASIC because it was interpreted, I believe that
> this is an important item.
>
> And if anyone feels nostalgic, you can still program like it is 1964 here:
>
> http://www.vintageisthenewold.com/program-in-basic-like-it-is-1964/
>
>
>
> Salvador
>
>
>       From: Frank Pittel <fpittel at gmail.com>
>  To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
>  Sent: Tuesday, May 2, 2017 11:10 AM
>  Subject: [Coco] Happy Birthday BASIC!
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BASIC
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