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Microsoft’s first-ever programming language was just open-sourced

Microsoft’s version of BASIC was one of the first programming languages that the general public came into contact with, ...

MS-BASIC 1.1 introduced programming to a generation - now you can download it for free

That was almost 50 years ago; since then, Microsoft has embraced open-source software. In recent years, Microsoft has started ...
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The Case For Pascal, 55 Years On

The first version of Pascal was released by the prolific [Niklaus Wirth] back in 1970. That’s 55 years ago, an eternity in ...

Microsoft Goes Back to BASIC, Open-Sources Bill Gates’ Code

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

Is AI the end of software engineering or the next step in its evolution?

With vibe-coding, anyone can become a coder. But can they grow into a software engineer?

Microsoft open-sources Bill Gates’ 6502 BASIC from 1978

"Rick Weiland and I (Bill Gates) wrote the 6502 BASIC," Gates commented on the Page Table blog in 2010. "I put the WAIT ...

Delphi murderer given until Oct. 6 to file appeals brief in final extension

Allen's attorneys filed a motion on Aug. 28 asking for an extension to file the brief, noting they are going over the court ...

Mantle 2.0 to accelerate DeFi-CeFi convergence: Delphi Digital

Mantle 2.0 is inspiring a new wave of convergence between CeFi and DeFi thanks to MNT’s growing asset utility within the ...

Microsoft open sources 6502 BASIC, a key piece of computing history

A few months after releasing the Altair BASIC source code, Microsoft has shared another cornerstone of its early software success. The company announced that 6502 BASIC ...