Editing BASIC (section)

== Legacy ==
The ubiquity of BASIC interpreters on personal computers was such that textbooks once included simple "Try It In BASIC" exercises that encouraged students to experiment with mathematical and computational concepts on classroom or home computers. Popular computer magazines of the day typically included [[type-in program]]s.

Futurist and sci-fi writer [[David Brin]] mourned the loss of ubiquitous BASIC in a 2006 ''Salon'' article<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.salon.com/2006/09/14/basic_2/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130918213750/http://www.salon.com/2006/09/14/basic_2/singleton/|archive-date=September 18, 2013|url-status=dead|title=Why Johnny Can't Code|last=Brin|first=David|date=September 14, 2006|website=[[Salon (website)|Salon]]|access-date=2017-06-19}}</ref> as have others who first used computers during this era. In turn, the article prompted Microsoft to develop and release [[Microsoft Small Basic|Small Basic]];<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/beginner/hh182234.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140317001756/http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/beginner/hh182234.aspx|archive-date=March 17, 2014|url-status=dead|title=Small Basic|website=[[Microsoft Developer Network]]|access-date=June 19, 2017}}</ref> it also inspired similar projects like [[Basic-256]]<ref>{{cite web| url = https://basic256.org/| title = BASIC-256 homepage | quote=''Check out "Why Johnny Can't Code," the article that inspired BASIC-256.''}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://pclosmag.com/html/Issues/200810/page04.html|website=[[PCLinuxOS]] Magazine|access-date=2024-02-25|title=An Alphabet of Computer Languages: BASIC |first=Gary L.|last=Ratliff Sr.|date=October 2008}}</ref> and the web based Quite Basic.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.raphkoster.com/2006/11/21/quite-basic-web-basic-programming/|title=Quite BASIC — Web BASIC programming|first=Raph|last=Koster|date=2006-11-21|access-date=2024-02-25}}</ref> [[Dartmouth College|Dartmouth]] held a 50th anniversary celebration for BASIC on 1 May 2014.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.unionleader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20140429/NEWS04/140429054|title=Dartmouth plans celebration for 50th anniversary of BASIC computer language|newspaper=[[New Hampshire Union Leader]]|date=April 28, 2014|access-date=June 14, 2017|archive-date=June 20, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170620014749/http://www.unionleader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20140429/NEWS04/140429054|url-status=dead}}</ref> The pedagogical use of BASIC has been followed by other languages, such as [[Pascal (programming language)|Pascal]], [[Java (programming language)|Java]] and particularly [[Python (programming language)|Python]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.computerworld.com/article/2509286/how-are-students-learning-programming-in-a-post-basic-world-.amp.html|website=[[Computerworld]]|title=How are students learning programming in a post-Basic world?|first=Lamont|last=Wood|date=2011-06-23|access-date=2024-02-26}}</ref>

Dartmouth College celebrated the 50th anniversary of the BASIC language with a day of events<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dartmouth.edu/basicfifty/events.html|title=BASIC at 50 – Event Schedule|publisher=[[Dartmouth College]]|language=en|access-date=June 14, 2017}}</ref> on April 30, 2014. A short documentary film was produced for the event.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dartmouth.edu/basicfifty/|title=BASIC at 50|publisher=[[Dartmouth College]]|language=en|access-date=June 14, 2017}}</ref>