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2 unusual facts about BBC BASIC


BBC BASIC

In 1979 Hermann Hauser and Andy Hopper (while at Cambridge University) founded Acorn Computers.

The Scripter's Scrapbook

1984 The notion of a content-oriented information repository was conceived using BBCB that led to a generic knowledge-management system called HyperManuscript.


Richard T. Russell

Richard Thomas Russell is the creator of the BBC BASIC for Windows programming language and the author of the Z80 and MS-DOS versions of BBC BASIC.

In addition to creating BBC BASIC for Windows, Russell also runs a Yahoo! support group for the language to which he regularly contributes tips, advice and comments on other users' code.


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