According to multiple sources, the BASIC programming language is 60
today. For me, it was the very first programming language I ever saw
and even today it's together with Python, SQL and C# the language
I use most.
Yes, it's of course mostly because of my interest in 8-bit computers,
but I also ocasionally type BASIC code for living, as the company in
which I work has some core applications still in Microsoft Access 97.
So I spent today about an hour reading in the S*BASIC reference book
to commemorate the event. By the way, S*BASIC and its predecessor
SuperBASIC, both running on Sinclair QL computers, are probably the
best BASIC dialects I ever met. Because QL had a true multitasking
OS right from the start, BASIC plays the same role as the shell on
unix-like systems. It indeed is very interesting to use the familiar
language but with literally hundreds of new keywords and more power.
