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Dartmouth BASIC

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The original BASIC from John Kemeny and Thomas Kurtz, first released in 1964. Much has been written about it already, so we don't have to tell all its glorious history here. It had 8 versions, the last one released in 1980, and became a major reference to the ANSI BASIC specifications.

Where it is/was used

  • GE-225 and DATANET DN-30 (GE-265) 1)
  • GE-635

Noteworthy characteristics

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Environment and usage

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Extensions

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Curiosities

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Influenced by

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Influence for

  • ANSI BASIC - Prof. Kurtz was a pioneer in the effort of creating a formal standard for the language, and some of the unique features of Dartmouth BASIC made into the paper in spite of the Microsoft dominance on BASIC.

Versions and successors

  • Version One
  • dartmouth2
  • dartmouth3
  • dartmouth4
  • dartmouth5
  • dartmouth6
  • dartmouth7
  • sbasic

References

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dartmouth_BASIC