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BASIC turns 60
Easy-to-use programming language that drove Apple, IBM, and Commodore PCs debuted in 1964.
In the same year, Kemeny applied for a National Science Foundation grant to bring a GE-225 computer to Dartmouth and build the first fully functional general-purpose time-sharing system. As part of the deal to buy the GE computer, the undergraduates built the operating system in BASIC for General Electric's version of time-sharing. Despite the decline in its practical use, BASIC's legacy lives on through its influence on subsequent programming languages and its role in making computing accessible to a broader audience.
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