[ih] NYT: Thomas E. Kurtz, a Creator of BASIC Computer Language, Dies at 96

[Vint Cerf]

I remember teaching my young sons BASIC on an Apple II+/e in their early
years.
RIP

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On Sun, Nov 17, 2024 at 3:50 PM Tony Patti via Internet-history <
internet-history at elists.isoc.org> wrote:

> https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/16/technology/thomas-kurtz-dead.html
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> (published yesterday November 16, 2024)
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> "At Dartmouth, long before the days of laptops and smartphones,
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> he worked to give more students access to computers.
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> That work helped propel generations into a new world."
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> Me too, I owe it all to BASIC.
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> Because 5 decades earlier, via an ASR 33 Teletype and acoustic coupler at
> 110 baud
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> to a remote HP 2100, BASIC was my introduction to computers and
> programming.
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> Tony Patti
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