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Nov 15, 2024 · Fundamentals

How BASIC Revolutionized Programming for Beginners and Shaped Modern Computing

Thomas E. Kurtz, co‑creator of the beginner‑friendly BASIC language, helped democratize computing in the 1960s, and his work—from the Dartmouth Time‑Sharing System to the language’s public‑domain philosophy—laid foundations that influenced later programming languages and the rise of personal computers.