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		Zak on Aug 6, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Launch HN: Airhart Aeronautics (YC S22) – A modern... I wouldn't put BASIC in that family; it's probably closer to simplified FORTRAN. SQL is probably the best counterexample.

nl on Aug 8, 2024 [–]

BASIC is literally "Beginners' All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code"

To quote Wikipedia:"They wanted to enable students in non-scientific fields to use computers."

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