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I have a specific problem that needs a solution. While it would be possible to call in someone more knowledgeable, I think this is a good pretext to actually learn some programming myself. I have ...

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Learning to code is about a lot more than just programming basics, OpenAI researcher Szymon Sidor said.

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 ...

If Basic had a domain, it was as a starter language, and there are many candidates to replace it, Fisher says. “The best ‘first language’ is a hot topic of debate,” she says.

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. Throughout the ...