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.

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

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.

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

Can you believe it? The BASIC programming language is 50 years old this month.

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

Go offers an expressive type system, fast compilation, good performance, and built-in language features that simplify threaded programming and concurrency. The language has been under development ...

Anyone that has taken an introductory programming class will tell you that at the very least, it helped them understand basic programming logic, structure and design.