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Re:Microsoft open-sources "the earliest DOS source code disc... by pjmlp on Tuesday May 26, 2026 @03:41AM (#48276410)
Kudos for the compilers reference, this is something that many to this day aren't aware, thinking that BASIC started as interpreted and compilers came later, when it was actually an engineering decision to make it fit into microcomputers.
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