Microsoft just open-sourced 6502 BASIC (BASIC M6502 8K VER 1.1) from 1978. The code powered the Commodore PET, VIC-20, and ...

A not-for-profit California organization has designed a project using a computer-based program to solicit public input on what basic coverage for the uninsured should include.

Even those who did not go on to become software engineers say that the fundamentals of programming a computer at the coding level has helped them shape how they think logically, has sharpened ...

Petit Computer is a new application which brings the BASIC programming language to Nintendo's 3DS and DSi consoles.

What is Computer Programming? Computer programming is the process that professionals use to write code that instructs how a computer, application or software program performs. At its most basic, ...

Although programming jobs are growing at double the pace of other jobs, computer programming is declining in our education system.

Learning basic ideas about algorithms and data representation without the distraction of a computer can be a very powerful thing.

New Hampshire has installed what appears to be the first historical highway marker honoring computer programming, according to the David Brooks at the Concord Monitor. The new sign honors BASIC ...

Tech-Bro Culture Was Written in the Code How computing pioneers at Dartmouth in the 1960s gave rise to the macho tech culture we see today.

The programming language, developed five decades ago, didn't require code to be entered on punch cards. It also allowed computer novices to begin programming without a lot of academic training.

Software Tech Culture programming BASIC's 60th anniversary reminds us of the language that democratized programming, as AI threatens to automate coding The language that paved the way for ...