This post is a collection of quotes about BASIC (initially released in 1964). There are 5 quotes listed below. License: CC BY-SA 3.0
1. "[BASIC] was heavily patterned on FORTRAN II; statements were one-to-a-line, numbers were used to indicate the target of loops and branches, and many of the commands were similar or identical to Fortran. However, the syntax was changed whenever it could be improved." (Wikipedia: BASIC, 1.4.23 UTC 16:46)
2. "Initially, BASIC concentrated on supporting straightforward mathematical work, with matrix arithmetic support from its initial implementation as a batch language, and character string function being added by 1965." (Wikipedia: BASIC, 1.4.23 UTC 16:46)
3. "The emergence of BASIC took place as part of a wider movement towards time-sharing systems." (Wikipedia: BASIC, 1.4.23 UTC 16:46)
4. "In computing, time-sharing is the sharing of a computing resource among many users at the same time by means of multiprogramming and multi-tasking." (Wikipedia: Time-sharing, 12.5.22 UTC 16:30)
5. "...BASIC was one of the few languages that was both high-level enough to be usable by those without training and small enough to fit into the microcomputers of the day, making it the de facto standard programming language on early microcomputers." (Wikipedia: BASIC, 1.4.23 UTC 16:46)
