ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net to Programming@programming.devEnglish · 2 days ago50 years after Basic, most users still can't or won't program anythingwww.zdnet.comexternal-linkmessage-square74fedilinkarrow-up1167arrow-down19
arrow-up1158arrow-down1external-link50 years after Basic, most users still can't or won't program anythingwww.zdnet.comProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net to Programming@programming.devEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square74fedilink
minus-squareDestide@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-22 days agoBBC micro in a shop: 10 PRINT “Boobies” 20 GOTO 10
minus-squareMyNameIsRichard@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-22 days 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-up4·2 days 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