Timeline for "Hello, World!"
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| Apr 28, 2021 at 13:53 | comment | added | Caleb Fuller | Cool. Another interesting fact is that most BASIC functions (and many keywords) are 3 letters (INT, SQR, RND, REM, DIM) because the original development mainframe used 6-bit characters, and a 20 bit word, so 3 letters would fit in a single word (plus 2 spare bits for flags) An early example of Code Golf in the language design itself. | |
| Apr 27, 2021 at 3:26 | comment | added | Taylor Raine | @CalebFuller yes, ? is single character version of print that dates back to the days where computers could only display 40 columns of text :P | |
| Apr 20, 2021 at 19:41 | comment | added | Caleb Fuller | Good old BASIC and it's ? abbreviation for PRINT! Also it's seemingly unique ability to recognize = as both assignment and test for equality. The things I got called on Reddit for suggesting modern languages could learn from this... | |
| Jan 31, 2018 at 19:55 | history | answered | Taylor Raine | CC BY-SA 3.0 |