The BASIC programming language turns 60 Easy-to-use language that drove Apple, TRS-80, IBM, and Commodore PCs debuted in 1964.

It supports unique quantum-computing concepts alongside conventional constructs found in high-level classical programming languages.

But he ultimately won the respect of his boss, Apple cofounder Steve Jobs, by creating a version of a high-level programming language for the Apple II computer in just six days.

Thomas E. Kurtz, a Creator of BASIC Computer Language, Dies at 96 At Dartmouth, long before the days of laptops and smartphones, he worked to give more students access to computers.