BASIC
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The features of BASIC that are seen in 10 PRINT and are fairly specific to the Commodore 64 version are seen in the specifics of RND, discussed in the Randomness chapter, and in the character set that CHR$ refers to, discussed in the Commodore 64 chapter. | The features of BASIC that are seen in 10 PRINT and are fairly specific to the Commodore 64 version are seen in the specifics of RND, discussed in the Randomness chapter, and in the character set that CHR$ refers to, discussed in the Commodore 64 chapter. | ||
| − | A few notes on the creators of Commodore 64 BASIC: Bill Gates's career trajectory is, of course, well-known. It is indeed the case that one of the programmers who wrote Commodore 64 BASIC became the richest person in the world. The other programmer, Richard Weiland, was a grade-school classmate of Gates of Allen who joined Microsoft when the company was based in Albuquerque. His contributions at Microsoft and beyond are not at all well-known, and Weiland did not seek acclaim for them. He worked for Microsoft until 1988 and devoted much of his time and money from then until his death in 2006 to philanthropy. He supported the Pride Foundation (with the largest-ever donation to LBGT rights), Stanford University (with the largest donation that university had ever received) and also gave to the Audubon Society and the Nature Conservancy (Heim). | ||
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== Circulating Programs in Print == | == Circulating Programs in Print == | ||
