Computer Science / Unit 7 CS 0356 short lesson, about 20 seconds
BASIC to Visual Basic
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The idea
BASIC — the Beginner's All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code, developed in 1971 — carried easy-to-learn syntax with Fortran roots, and its Visual Basic variation powered much personal-computer development.
In practice
A generation's first programs computed averages in a language built to be learnable.
Where people slip
Widespread and beginner-friendly were the same property here.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
Unlocks
- Nothing yet depends on this.
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