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Re:MS-DOS v1.25 and v2.0 is now open-source by speps on Wednesday September 06, 2023 @05:24PM (#37411538)
Sorry they started even lower actually! GW-BASIC!

https://devblogs.microsoft.com/commandline/microsoft-open-so...

Re:MS-DOS v1.25 and v2.0 is now open-source by petercooper on Wednesday September 06, 2023 @05:26PM (#37411571)
Haha, yes! Although I'm being a bit sneaky, because QBasic would also indirectly get us Edit, I think ;-) It'd be interesting to see the code behind the 90s DOS IDEs.
Re:MS-DOS v1.25 and v2.0 is now open-source by falalalala on Wednesday September 06, 2023 @06:34PM (#37412352)
Gw-basic looks a lot like what command.com should have been.
Re:MS-DOS v1.25 and v2.0 is now open-source by fuzztester on Wednesday September 06, 2023 @06:50PM (#37412512)
Kids these days ...

billg's very first BASIC, which wrote on a night flight from Albuguerque to NY, or some such, for the Altair. 'Sbin a few decades, so ah disremember.

See Ichbiah's Le Nouveaux Magiciens.

And, get off my lawn! Grrr.