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homa

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Posted: 07:48pm 14 Nov 2024
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Thomas Eugene Kurtz, co-developer of the Basic programming language, passed away on 12 November 2024.

https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/vnews/name/thomas-kurtz-obituary?id=56769088

https://www.knox.edu/news/basic-turns-50
 
PhenixRising
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Posted: 07:55pm 14 Nov 2024
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Tom is well known as the co-inventor, with John Kemeny, of the BASIC programming language in 1964. A version of BASIC still exists today.
 
scruss
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Posted: 08:09pm 25 Nov 2024
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Oops, looks like this thread got missed and everyone replied to this one:
In Memoriam: Thomas E. Kurtz, 1928–2024
 
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