Fifty Years of BASIC, the Programming Language That Made Computers Personal

For years now, that’s been a hugely popular stance. It’s led to educational initiatives as effortless sounding as the Hour of ...
Newsweek

Viral Thread Shares Basic Computer Skills Users Were ‘Shocked’ Others Didn’t Know

Computers have been around for decades, but longevity hasn't resulted in everyone acquiring the basic set of computer knowledge. A Reddit thread discussing a lack of basic computer skills that ...
Concord Monitor

Who needs a primary when we’re first in the nation for computer programming history?

The New Hampshire Department of Transportation has installed a historical marker near the Hanover town line on Route 120 to mark the invention of the BASIC computer language at Dartmouth College in ...
The New York Times

Thomas E. Kurtz, a Creator of BASIC Computer Language, Dies at 96

At Dartmouth, long before the days of laptops and smartphones, he worked to give more students access to computers. That work helped propel generations into a new world. By Kenneth R. Rosen Thomas E.