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ANSI Minimal BASIC

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The very limited specification made by the first ANSI committee created to set a standard for the BASIC language. It was not much more than a formalization of the original Version 1 of Dartmouth BASIC. Apparently, the X3J2 committee just wanted to show something quickly without having to discuss too much.

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According to Arthur Luehrmann, the ANSI X3J2 committee was made up of around 30 members who, in the end, knew that the Minimal BASIC specification was "more a toy than an actual language", that would still have to be enhanced to become useful, probably in non-standard ways.

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