Re:The original source code of Microsoft GW-BASIC from 1983
by lioeters on Friday May 22, 2020 @09:58AM
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As a child, I grew up with BASIC and Turbo Pascal. Your comment made me wonder, which version of BASIC that was.
It turns out, I was using N88-BASIC(86), developed by a Japanese team. Reverse-engineered from N88-BASIC to run on 8086 processor, and produced bytecodes compatible with Microsoft's GW-BASIC, which was released around the same time.
> There's nothing like the joy of programming for the very first time, the realization that you can create something that works with code.
That's so true. I'm thankful that I had use of a computer as a toy, essentially, and the joy I found in creative programming carried me far into the present. I'm not in the education field (at the moment) but would love to, as I get older, to do my part in passing down the torch, to inspire younger people to feel the magic. In my current role at a company, as part of the leadership, I also try to find, share, and encourage that joy.
It turns out, I was using N88-BASIC(86), developed by a Japanese team. Reverse-engineered from N88-BASIC to run on 8086 processor, and produced bytecodes compatible with Microsoft's GW-BASIC, which was released around the same time.
> There's nothing like the joy of programming for the very first time, the realization that you can create something that works with code.
That's so true. I'm thankful that I had use of a computer as a toy, essentially, and the joy I found in creative programming carried me far into the present. I'm not in the education field (at the moment) but would love to, as I get older, to do my part in passing down the torch, to inspire younger people to feel the magic. In my current role at a company, as part of the leadership, I also try to find, share, and encourage that joy.