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The BASIC programming language turns 60 (arstechnica.com)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I was definitely a Commodore kid, and BASIC was my first language. Maybe it's nostalgia, but I still like BASIC for hobby stuff.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Easiest Hello World program ever was in BASIC.

10 PRINT "Hello World"
20 GOTO 10

Don't even have to call a library or declare a variable! Meanwhile, I can't even remember the shit you need to put in front of every C/C++ program (HREF/void.h or something; it's usually there automatically these days in some compilers, like Visual Studio).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {

printf("Hello, world");

return 0;

}

C++

#include

int main() {

std::cout << "Hello, world" << std::endl;

return 0;

}