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Slyke@programming.dev to Opensource@programming.dev · 1 month ago

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

www.pcworld.com

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

www.pcworld.com

Slyke@programming.dev to Opensource@programming.dev · 1 month ago
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Microsoft BASIC was one of the most important programming languages that led to modern software.
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  • renegadespork@lemmy.jelliefrontier.net
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    It’s Microsoft BASIC btw.

    Another situation where many people will be surprised to find out it wasn’t already open source. It’s kinda comical to imagine them caring to keep that source code a secret decades after its deprecation.

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      It’s kinda comical to imagine them caring to keep that source code a secret decades after its deprecation.

      I feel like this is very common and it makes it much less comical. There are cases where sources were leaked, but still not legally available, afaik

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    Chooses to use picture of machine that ran Commodore Basic as illustration

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      That was the most know computer running that software.

      Commodore Basis == Microsoft Basic

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    First purchased*

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    That’s what I learned on!

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    and then everyone clapped

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    *slow clap*

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