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		antirez on Sept 10, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Byte Magazine: The C Programming Language (1983) Different ones: mainly the ZX Spectrum BASIC, then GWBasic and QUICK BASIC.

tomcam on Sept 10, 2022 [–]

QuickBasic must have been a breath of fresh air to you but C had to have been a revelation.

antirez on Sept 12, 2022 | [–]

Oh yeah, QBASIC had functions! Among other things.

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