BASIC
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*** Brief description of the RND function | *** Brief description of the RND function | ||
** Background on the functions in BASIC. Why are the particular functions in BASIC present? | ** Background on the functions in BASIC. Why are the particular functions in BASIC present? | ||
| − | ** Peek and poke - man | + | ** Peek and poke - BASIC's "back door". Provides access to a level of machine control usually reserved for assembly language programs. |
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| + | * Locating BASIC in contemporaneous computer culture | ||
| + | ** The circulation of code in print (magazines and books) | ||
| + | ** BASIC in memory and culture (memorization of one liners) | ||
| + | ** Teaching of BASIC in schools | ||
| + | ** Uses of BASIC in commercial programs | ||
