Because BASIC is the first language that many computer scientists learn, it has been, for generations, a mother tongue of technologists.

BBC Basic did a lot of things, and often quite well. During the early 1980s, it extended the BASIC languages with easier loop structures, like IF/THEN/ELSE, and ran faster than Microsoft's version.

This is why I’ve long argued that BASIC is the most consequential language in the history of computing. It’s a language for noobs, sure, but back then most everyone was a noob.

Thomas E. Kurtz, a Dartmouth College professor who co-created the novice-friendly computer code known as Basic during the 1960s and helped make it the industry standard for programmers during the ...

Because BASIC is the first language that many computer scientists learn, it has been, for generations, a mother tongue of technologists.

Long before the days of laptops and smartphones, Thomas E. Kurtz worked to give more students access to computers. That work helped propel generations into a new world. Kurtz has died at 96.

Learn basic computer skills at the North Ridgeville Library Published: Jan. 08, 2009, 6:15 p.m. By Sara Hill, Sun News ...

BAY CITY -- Learn basic computer skills from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday at the Wirt Public Library, 500 Center Ave. This three-hour classes teaches basic operations of a computer, how to use ...