That was almost 50 years ago; since then, Microsoft has embraced open-source software. In recent years, Microsoft has started ...

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

Microsoft’s 6502 BASIC ran on the same CPU that powered the Apple II, Commodore 8-bit series, NES, and Atari 2600.

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

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 ...

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

AI-powered vibe coding tools have become an equalising force in the programming space, but there's more to it than meets the eye.

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

This book is edited by Li Hui and Chen Yanyan, with associate editors Yang Yu, Gao Yong, Zhang Qiaosheng, Bi Ye, and Liu Dengzhi. It is rich in content, covering 32 theories and 32 practical cases, ...

Hands-on experience is the most direct way to get better at programming. Watching videos or reading tutorials only gets you ...

The core of the Python data model architecture is the special methods (also known as 'magic methods'). These methods, which ...

A newly digitised library of more than 150 vintage Macintosh programming books, dating back to 1983, is now available online. It includes titles such as Apple’s ‘Inside Macintosh X Ref’ and Dan Shafer ...