That was almost 50 years ago; since then, Microsoft has embraced open-source software. In recent years, Microsoft has started ...

Did you know that, between 1976 and 1978, Microsoft developed its own version of the BASIC programming language? It was ...

We’ll start by creating small programs for our very own video game to show how statements Today, Carrie Anne is going to start our overview of the fundamental building blocks of programming ...

Microsoft has open-sourced the 6502 BASIC programming language interpreter from 1976. Its source code is now available on ...

BASIC began to be used in schools everywhere. Computers like the Research Machines 380Z and BBC Micro meant that students could start learning a few programming basics, without any need for access ...

For years, the lingua franca for desktop computers was the Beginner’s All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code, a.k.a. Basic. Essentially every PC had it, and just about anyone could learn to program ...