Editing Li-Chen Wang (section)

==Homebrew Computer Club==

[[File:Homebrew Computer Club reunion 2001.jpg|thumb|From left to right: Li-Chen Wang, [[Len Shustek]], [[John Draper]], [[Gordon French]], Marty Spergel, Bob Lash, Ralph Campbell.]]The Homebrew Computer Club was a hotbed of BASIC development, with members excited by [[Altair BASIC]]. Fellow members [[Steve Wozniak]] and [[Tom Pittman (computer scientist)|Tom Pittman]] would develop their own BASICs ([[Integer BASIC]] and 6800 Tiny BASIC respectively). Wang analyzed the Altair BASIC code and contributed edits to Tiny BASIC Extended.<ref name="Tiny BASIC Extended">{{Cite journal |journal=[[Dr. Dobb's Journal|Dr. Dobb's Journal of Computer Calisthenics & Orthodontia, Running Light Without Overbyte]] |title=Tiny BASIC Extended |volume=1 |issue=2 |date=February 1976}}</ref> Wang published in the newsletter a loader for the 8080, commenting on the [[Open Letter to Hobbyists]]:<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Wang |first1=Lichen |title=BOOTSTRAP THE 8080 |journal=Homebrew Computer Club Newsletter |date=April 30, 1976 |volume=2 |issue=4 |page=9 |url=https://archive.computerhistory.org/resources/access/text/2015/02/102740021-05-15-acc.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150407151147/http://archive.computerhistory.org/resources/access/text/2015/02/102740021-05-15-acc.pdf |archive-date=2015-04-07 |url-status=live |access-date=10 October 2020}}</ref>
{{blockquote|text=Altair Basic has a bootstrap loader of twenty or twenty one bytes long. In principle, you can use this bootstrap to load in your own loader which will then load in your program. However, since Mr. Bill Gates claims that he did not get payed [sic]
enough and is in the mood of calling people thieves. (See HBCC newsletter '12-1.) I decided to code one myself. What comes out is a bootstrap of sixteen bytes long. This is still too long, maybe our professional experts can make it shorter. For the time being you are welcome to copy mine and I will not call you a thief (this includes Mr. Gates).}}