BASIC. BASIC (an acronym for Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code) is a family of general-purpose, high-level programming languages whose design philosophy emphasizes ease of use.
In 1964, John G. Kemeny and Thomas E. Kurtz designed the original BASIC language at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire. They wanted to enable students in fields other than science and mathematics to use computers. At the time, nearly all use of computers required writing custom software, which was something only scientists and mathematicians tended to learn how to use. Versions of BASIC became widespread on microcomputers in the mid-1970s and 1980s. History[edit] Before the mid-1960s, computers were extremely expensive mainframe machines, usually requiring a dedicated computer room and air-conditioning, used by large organizations for scientific and commercial tasks. Origin[edit] The designers of the language decided to make the compiler available free of charge so that the language would become widespread.
Borland C++ Libraries[edit] Object Windows Library (OWL): A set of C++ classes to make it easier to develop professional graphical Windows applications.
Borland Graphics Interface: A library of functions for doing simple, presentation-style 2D graphics. Drivers were included for generic CGA, EGA and VGA capability, with support for a limited number of video-modes, but more advanced, third-party drivers were also available. Add-ons[edit] Borland Power Pack for DOS: Used to create 16- and 32-bit protected mode DOS applications, which can access a limited scope of the Windows API and call functions in any Windows DLL. Version History[edit] Computer Languages History. Computing Languages List - Profile. HyperNews Home Using HyperNews (Instructions) HYPERNEWS COMPUTER LANGUAGE LIST v 1.4 These snippets have been culled from existing programming language sources, the language designer's web pages, books, articles and language critiques.
They are by no means meant to be the definitive language definitions, but rather quick and painless definitions and links to available language web sites and newsgroups. My sources are listed in Parts 3 & 5. Special Thanks to Dr John Stockton. Corrections, omissions, and any feedback is encouraged and appreciated. Please support Open Source. Eric Lebherz June 16,2005 EricLebherz@yahoo.com. GHC/Data Parallel Haskell. 1 Data Parallel Haskell Searching for Parallel Haskell?
DPH is a fantastic effort, but it's not the only way to do parallelism in Haskell. Try the Parallel Haskell portal for a more general view. Data Parallel Haskell is the codename for an extension to the Glasgow Haskell Compiler and its libraries to support nested data parallelism with a focus to utilise multicore CPUs. Ghosts in the Machine: 12 Coding Languages That Never Took Off. Haskell. Hitory of Programming Languages. HomePage - Kwiki. History of Programming Languages Wiki Among our friends, authors, and editors, there is a high level of historical knowledge and personal experience of the events in the History of Programming Languages poster.
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Introduction To QBasic - Pete's QBASIC / QuickBasic Site. What is QuickBasic?
The Short Version: QuickBasic is a programming language developed by Microsoft for use in the MS-DOS operating system. It is the successor of earlier forms of BASIC (Beginners All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code), a simple programming language for beginning programmers. Introduction to QuickBasic. PRACTICAL MATHEMATICS Microsoft QuickBasic is a modern form of BASIC which is easy to learn.
Learning QuickBasic will help you to learn Visual Basic and other programming languages. A simplified version is QBasic. These notes give enough of QBasic for simple mathematical applications. Use the Help menu on the computer to learn more, or look at the following books: Halvorson, M., and Rygmyr, D., 1989, Learn Basic Now, Microsoft Press. List of programming languages. List of Programming Languages in Alphabetical Order. List of programming languages used by programmer scientists. Programming paradigm - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - Profile. A programming paradigm is a fundamental style of computer programming, a way of building the structure and elements of computer programs.
Capablities and styles of various programming languages are defined by their supported programming paradigms; some programming languages are designed to follow only one paradigm, while others support multiple paradigms. There are six main programming paradigms: imperative, declarative, functional, object-oriented, logic and symbolic programming.[1][2][3] Overview[edit] REXX. Rexx is supplied with VM/SP on up, TSO/E Version 2 on up, OS/2 (1.3 on up), AmigaOS Version 2 on up, PC DOS (7.0 or 2000), and Windows NT 4.0 (Resource Kit: Regina).
REXX scripts for OS/2 share the filename extension .cmd with other scripting languages, and the first line of the script specifies the interpreter to be used. A Rexx script or command is sometimes referred to as an EXEC in a nod to Rexx's role as a replacement for the older EXEC command language on CP/CMS and VM/370 and EXEC 2 command language on VM/SP. SSL Error. The Encyclopedia of Computer Languages. The History of C++ Programming Language - Authentic Society. Notes on the difference between C an C++ You may hear from time to time that the C++ programming language is a superset of the C language.
In C++, you can do almost everything you can do in C, with the exception of just a small number of things that may be considered specification details. The History of Programming Languages. For 50 years, computer programmers have been writing code.
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