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50 years ago today, the BASIC computer language was born as two math professors from Dartmouth College used it to help run the school's computer system for the first time.

Because BASIC is the first language that many computer scientists learn, it has been, for generations, a mother tongue of technologists.

The language that made that all possible. They called it the Beginner’s All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code— BASIC. Before BASIC, life in the computer programming world was complicated.

This is why I’ve long argued that BASIC is the most consequential language in the history of computing. It’s a language for noobs, sure, but back then most everyone was a noob.

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The history of basic computer programming languages dates back far. Learn more about the BASIC & C coding languages that got everything started.