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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 [[..:dartmouth:dartmouth1|the original Version 1 of Dartmouth BASIC]]. Apparently, the X3J2 committee just wanted to show //something// quickly without having to discuss too much.



===== Where it is/was used =====
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===== Noteworthy characteristics =====
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===== Environment and usage =====

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===== Extensions =====
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===== Curiosities =====
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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. 


===== Related to... =====
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==== Influenced by ====
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  * [[.:dartmouth:dartmouth1|Dartmouth BASIC version 1]]

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===== Versions and successors =====
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===== References =====
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  * {{:basics:ansi:ecma-55_1st_edition_january_1978-minimalbasic.pdf|The ECMA-55 Minimal BASIC standard}} in PDF format
  * LUEHRMANN, Arthur. "Structured Programming In Basic". Creative Computing Volume 10, number 9, September 1984. Available at https://archive.org/details/creativecomputing-1984-09/page/n175, last checked 2023-02-27.
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