Re:Windows 10 for Raspberry Pi 2
by slantyyz on Tuesday February 03, 2015 @09:45PM
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>> barely higher-level
BASIC for all intents and purposes, was considered a high level language when I learned it.
From what I remember, BASIC kinda had a similar reputation as PHP does today (probably unfair) in that it wasn't generally taken very seriously as a programming language. You didn't use BASIC to make real programs on an Apple ][. For that, you'd do it in assembly or machine language. That bias is still stuck in my head even after 3 decades.
BASIC for all intents and purposes, was considered a high level language when I learned it.
From what I remember, BASIC kinda had a similar reputation as PHP does today (probably unfair) in that it wasn't generally taken very seriously as a programming language. You didn't use BASIC to make real programs on an Apple ][. For that, you'd do it in assembly or machine language. That bias is still stuck in my head even after 3 decades.