ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net to Programming@programming.devEnglish · 12 hours ago50 years after Basic, most users still can't or won't program anythingwww.zdnet.comexternal-linkmessage-square48fedilinkarrow-up1109
arrow-up1109external-link50 years after Basic, most users still can't or won't program anythingwww.zdnet.comProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net to Programming@programming.devEnglish · 12 hours agomessage-square48fedilink
minus-squareDestide@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-211 hours agoBBC micro in a shop: 10 PRINT “Boobies” 20 GOTO 10
minus-squareMyNameIsRichard@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-29 hours 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-up4·11 hours 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