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[Sinclair BASIC]] is a popular version of the BASIC (Beginner's All purpose Symbolic Instruction Code) programming language. Originally written for the [[ZX80]], it is now available for a wide range of computers in native versions or via emulation. This is the history of its evolution. | [[Sinclair BASIC]] is a popular version of the BASIC (Beginner's All purpose Symbolic Instruction Code) programming language. Originally written for the [[ZX80]], it is now available for a wide range of computers in native versions or via emulation. This is the history of its evolution. | ||
In July 1975 Micro-Soft, as it was then called, shipped BASIC (Beginner's All purpose Symbolic Instruction Code) version 2.0 for the MITS Altair 8800 hobbyist computer. This was the first commercial version of the Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code programming language, originally developed by J.G. Kemeny and T.E. Kurtz in 1964 at Dartmouth College in the United States. | In July 1975 Micro-Soft, as it was then called, shipped BASIC (Beginner's All purpose Symbolic Instruction Code) version 2.0 for the MITS Altair 8800 hobbyist computer. This was the first commercial version of the Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code programming language, originally developed by J.G. Kemeny and T.E. Kurtz in 1964 at Dartmouth College in the United States. | ||