dartmouth1
====== Dartmouth BASIC, Version One ======
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== Keywords ==
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The very first BASIC ever written, with its 15 keywords.

===== Where it is/was used =====
  * GE-225 and Datanet DN-30, the pair known and sold as GE-265

===== Noteworthy characteristics =====

  * [[:keywords:LET]] was //required// for assignments and expressions. A direct mention of a variable was not valid, as it became in later BASICs.
  * Every variable might be used as an array of 10 elements, numbered from 1, even without being declared with [[:keywords:DIM]].
  * It was //not// meant to create interactive programs. No [[:keyword:INPUT]], dear. The [[:keywords:DATA]] statement was the original way to give something for the program to munch.
===== Environment and usage =====

//TO DO: notes about the REPL or IDE used, keyboard shortcuts and commands, command-line options for compiling and linking, environment variables which might be set...//


===== Extensions =====

//TO DO: Famous libraries tools and extension packages made for this BASIC//

===== Curiosities =====

//TO DO: Historical notes, anecdotes, what people said about it//

===== Related to... =====


==== Influenced by ====
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==== Influence for ====
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===== Versions and successors =====
  * list of other BASICs


===== References =====
  * //A Manual for Basic - 1 October 1964// - Available at http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dartmouth/BASIC_Oct64.pdf last check 2023-03-19

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