BASIC

BASIC was designed to teach programming to beginners and, with the 1980s home computers (Commodore, Spectrum), brought programming into millions of homes. Simple and accessible, it was a whole generation's gateway.

• Creado por John Kemeny & Thomas Kurtz
• Año 1964
• Paradigma: Imperative · interpreted
• Extensiones: .bas

Para qué se usa

• Learning to code
• Classic home computers
• Simple programs

A favor

• Very easy to learn
• Historic and accessible
• Immediate

En contra

• Dated
• Limited
• Bad habits (GOTO)

Ecosistema

• QBasic
• GW-BASIC
• FreeBASIC
• Visual Basic

Ejemplo

10 PRINT "¡Hola, mundo!"
20 END