Microsoft’s version of BASIC was one of the first programming languages that the general public came into contact with, ...

That was almost 50 years ago; since then, Microsoft has embraced open-source software. In recent years, Microsoft has started ...

Today, Microsoft open-sourced the 6502 BASIC interpreter, the Commodore-specific port of Gates and Allen's first-ever ...

Microsoft has officially open-sourced its 6502 BASIC. The version published today is BASIC M6502 8K Version 1.1.

Nowadays, "basic" has a very different and derogatory Urban Dictionary-style meaning. Fifty years ago on this very day, however, it was the name given to a new computer-programming language born ...

This is why I’ve long argued that BASIC is the most consequential language in the history of computing. It’s a language for noobs, sure, but back then most everyone was a noob. Throughout the ...

Windows only: If you've never played around with programming before, this weekend is a perfect time to start. Small Basic is a recent offering from Microsoft based on the venerable BASIC ...

Microsoft BASIC for 6502 Microprocessor - Version 1.1 source code is now available on Github, under the MIT license.

When I look back at how I became interested in programming, or ask other programmers about how they started to program, the answer is very frequently: "I was given a [Basic/QBasic/Python] compiler ...