Harry McCracken on Nostr: Tom Kurtz, who co-invented BASIC—probably the piece of software that has meant the ...
Tom Kurtz, who co-invented BASIC—probably the piece of software that has meant the most to me—has died at age 96. When it turned 50 ten years ago, I wrote a VERY long article about why it was so important, and I’m very grateful that he helped with it. RIP.
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