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Thomas Kurtz, Co-Creator of Computer Language Basic, Dies at 96

(Bloomberg) -- Thomas E. Kurtz, a Dartmouth College professor who co-created the novice-friendly computer code known as Basic ...
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Thomas E. Kurtz, a creator of BASIC computer language, dies at 96

Thomas E. Kurtz, a pioneering mathematician at Dartmouth College and an inventor of the simplified computer programming language known as BASIC, which allowed students to easily operate early ...