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 ...

Microsoft called the code—written by the company’s founder, Bill Gates, and its second-ever employee, Ric Weiland—”one of the ...

The BASIC programming language turns 60 Easy-to-use language that drove Apple, TRS-80, IBM, and Commodore PCs debuted in 1964.

Q–I used to like to write my own programs on MS-DOS-based computers using the QBasic programming language built into the operating system. I did this for the challenge rather than because I n… ...

Today, Microsoft open-sourced the 6502 BASIC interpreter, the Commodore-specific port of Gates and Allen's first-ever ...

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.

When Dartmouth College launched the Basic language 50 years ago, it enabled ordinary users to write code. Millions did. But we've gone backwards since then, and most users now seem unable or ...

There was a time when anyone could try programming, thanks to the ubiquity of Basic. But Basic's a nonstarter these days, so what will entice a new generation?

Before BASIC, life in the computer programming world was complicated. The first generation mainframe computers were essentially programmed as they were assembled, like a jigsaw puzzle with ...