ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net to Programming@programming.devEnglish · 4 months ago50 years after Basic, most users still can't or won't program anythingwww.zdnet.comexternal-linkmessage-square25linkfedilinkarrow-up161arrow-down12
arrow-up159arrow-down1external-link50 years after Basic, most users still can't or won't program anythingwww.zdnet.comProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net to Programming@programming.devEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square25linkfedilink
minus-squareDestide@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-24 months agoBBC micro in a shop: 10 PRINT “Boobies” 20 GOTO 10
minus-squareMyNameIsRichard@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-24 months agoVic 20 in a shop: 10 POKE 808,112 20 print “Boobies” 30 goto 20 And then you watch the sales assistant walk confidently up to the computer, press the stop button and nothing happens
minus-squareazolus@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 months agoDijkstra wants to have a word with you
GOTO 0
BBC micro in a shop:
10 PRINT “Boobies”
20 GOTO 10
Vic 20 in a shop:
10 POKE 808,112
20 print “Boobies”
30 goto 20
And then you watch the sales assistant walk confidently up to the computer, press the stop button and nothing happens
Dijkstra wants to have a word with you