Microsoft’s version of BASIC was one of the first programming languages that the general public came into contact with, ...

What old-school programming skills are you glad you don’t need today? Tell us in the comments. Esther Schindlerhas been writing about technology since 1992, and she started programming in 1973.

A few months after releasing the Altair BASIC source code, Microsoft has shared another cornerstone of its early software success. The company announced that 6502 BASIC ...

If you want to break into the world of computer programming or high-tech work, a good place to start is with computer science books, which can teach everything from basic programming techniques to ...

The history of basic computer programming languages dates back far. Learn more about the BASIC & C coding languages that got everything started.

If you want to break into the world of computer programming or high-tech work, a good place to start is with computer science books, which can teach everything from basic programming techniques to ...

I was a programmer back when the languages that were taught were COBOL (shudder), Assembly, Pascal, Fortran and BASIC. And all programmed on mainframes... My son is now quasi-interested in ...