I thought this was interesting.
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First beerleg post.
Notice the original mouse wheel that took both hands to navigate the earliest version of the now RPLS forum. How things have changed, and yet, remain the same.
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Must have been a one-time issue (?) because I'm seeing 3 hours.
It couldn't have been 48 years ago.?ÿ If it had said "Fortran" student question then maybe.?ÿ Basic didn't come out until 1977, only 40 years ago. ??ÿ
Basic didn't come out until 1977, only 40 years ago.
I'm pretty sure I used Basic as an undergrad before '72.
I found this:?ÿ?ÿ
BASIC was developed in 1963 at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire as a teaching language. The acronym BASIC stands for Beginner's All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code.
I just?ÿknew someone would ruin my joke.?ÿ Okay. I guess the post could have been 48 years ago.
