BASIC
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=== Outline (to be replaced) === | === Outline (to be replaced) === | ||
| + | * History | ||
| + | *** 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 | ||
| + | *** BASIC's legacy | ||
| + | *** Locating BASIC in contemporaneous computer culture | ||
* BASIC technical topics introduced through their inclusion in the program of study | * BASIC technical topics introduced through their inclusion in the program of study | ||
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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 - BASIC's "back door". Provides access to a level of machine control usually reserved for assembly language programs. | + | ** 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 | ||
| − | ** BASIC's legacy | ||
