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BASIC is Not Dead. Time to Erase the Myths about Basic.

by Chris Boss

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BASIC is not dead! Neither is the WIN32! Time to end the myth. (Part 3)

by Chris Boss

BASIC: A powerful language often underestimated and undervalued

The Myth about BASIC (part 2)

by Chris Boss

BASIC is one of the most misunderstood programming languages! Mention BASIC to a current software developer and one quickly finds out that it is not viewed favorably by most programmers.

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BASIC is Not Dead. Time to Erase the Myths about Basic.

15 Nov 2022 by Chris Boss

More about BASIC and what can be accomplished with the language

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Powerbasic

DOS

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BASIC is not dead! Neither is the WIN32! Time to end the myth. (Part 3)

28 Feb 2024 by Chris Boss

BASIC: A powerful language often underestimated and undervalued

The Myth about BASIC (part 2)

4 Sep 2017 by Chris Boss

BASIC is one of the most misunderstood programming languages! Mention BASIC to a current software developer and one quickly finds out that it is not viewed favorably by most programmers.

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microcontroller

Azure’s New Private Subnet

5 Jan 2024 by Wessel Beulink

Microsoft Azure enhances security with private subnets, fostering efficient network management.

Some Myths of 'Textbook-TDD', and Why They Are Wrong

9 Dec 2017 by Thomas Weller

Given here are some myths of 'textbook-TDD' and why they are wrong

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Learning to code using the WIN32 the easy way, using BASIC

2 Nov 2016 by Chris Boss

One of the challenges which I have felt made the WIN32 API dfficult to learn is that it leaned heavily on C and as a long time BASIC programmer, I always felt the C language syntax was terse in nature and that it lacked the natural syntax of languages like BASIC.

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Classic Visual Basic should have been designed better from the start

19 Apr 2017 by Chris Boss

After years of learning how Windows works under the “hood”, as a WIN32 API programmer, I can look back at classic Visual Basic from a different perspective and see how it could have been designed better right from the start. As a long time BASIC programmer, I appreciated how easy it was

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