'''BASIC''', short for '''B'''eginners '''A'''ll-purpose '''S'''ymbolic
'''I'''nstruction '''C'''ode, is a programming language often accused of
setting back the cause of programming further than anything else in the history
of computing before Clippy...



** See Also **

   [BASIC in Tcl]:   



** Opinion **

   “It is practically impossible to teach good programming to students that have had a prior exposure to BASIC: as potential programmers they are mentally mutilated beyond hope of regeneration.”:   - [Edsger Dijkstra]


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