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.

Before pushing back on what seemingly falls into the unthinkable category, check out the reasons why Lou Frenzel is saying that BASIC deserves another look.

BASIC Beginnings Sooner or later, it was inevitable that someone would come up with a programming language aimed at beginners.

Why Johnny can’t code BASIC used to be on every computer a child touched -- but today there's no easy way for kids to get hooked on programming.

Art Programming Language Design as Art Open-ended, community based, and collaborative, “esolangs” serve as a reminder that digital art has other histories and other futures.

Scientific computing’s future: Can any coding language top a 1950s behemoth? Cutting-edge research still universally involves Fortran; a trio of challengers wants in.

Microsoft works on a programming language that could bring it a win with hardware accelerators in Azure AI workloads.

While the latest TIOBE Index of programming language popularity isn't earth-shaking -- focusing on an all-time high for statistical language R -- perhaps the the biggest surprise is this: Classic ...