<html><head></head><body><div dir="auto">I did my masters language test in basic - my options were German, Russian, Fortran, or Basic.<br><br>Simple 2D arrays in basic were easier than in Fortran.</div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="auto">On November 18, 2024 12:51:39 PM EST, Pete Hardie via Ale <ale@ale.org> wrote:</div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<div dir="auto">Hell, my first paid programming was in BASIC</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Nov 18, 2024, 12:33 Charles Shapiro via Ale <<a href="mailto:ale@ale.org">ale@ale.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Now this guy will be missed. You can debate about BASIC ( Dijkstra was Not a Fan ( <a href="https://homepages.cwi.nl/~storm/teaching/reader/Dijkstra68.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://homepages.cwi.nl/~storm/teaching/reader/Dijkstra68.pdf</a> )), but <br></div><div>no question that it was pretty ok good for the time.</div><div><br></div><div>-- CHS<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Nov 18, 2024 at 12:05 PM Bob Toxen via Ale <<a href="mailto:ale@ale.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">ale@ale.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">This is From:<br>
ACM TechNews; Monday, November 18, 2024<br>
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Thomas Kurtz, Co-Creator of BASIC, Dies at 96<br>
Bloomberg (11/14/24) Laurence Arnold<br>
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ACM Fellow Thomas E. Kurtz, a Dartmouth College professor who<br>
co-created the BASIC programming code, has died at 96. BASIC (Beginner's<br>
All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code) was invented by John Kemeny,<br>
chair of Dartmouth's math department, and Kurtz, one of his faculty<br>
members, as part of their push to open up the world of computing to<br>
a wide community.<br>
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"We looked at languages and we both decided that the languages Fortran,<br>
Algol, that type of language, were just too complicated," Kurtz said in<br>
an oral-history interview with Dartmouth.<br>
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<a href="https://maestro.acm.org/trk/click?ref=z16l2snue3_2-317b3_0x2431c5x020394" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://maestro.acm.org/trk/click?ref=z16l2snue3_2-317b3_0x2431c5x020394</a><br>
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and<br>
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U.S. Finalizes $6.6-Billion CHIPS Act Grant to TSMC<br>
Nikkei Asia (11/15/24) Yifan Yu<br>
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The U.S. finalized a CHIPS Act grant of $6.6 billion to Taiwan<br>
Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), with at least $1 billion to<br>
be disbursed by the end of the year. The funds will be distributed in<br>
phases as the company hits certain project milestones. TSCMC will produce<br>
3 nanometer (nm), 2 nm, and A16 chips at three Arizona fabs.<br>
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<a href="https://maestro.acm.org/trk/click?ref=z16l2snue3_2-317b3_0x2431c6x020394" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://maestro.acm.org/trk/click?ref=z16l2snue3_2-317b3_0x2431c6x020394</a><br>
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I (Bob) am disappointed that these grants don't seem to be going to<br>
U.S. companies. On the other hand four (or so) Japanese and German<br>
car makers have built plants around the Southeast U.S. over the past<br>
20-30 years. A friend of mine who worked at one spoke highly of it.<br>
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