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Bill Gates shares his original Altair BASIC source code for Microsoft's 50th anniversary — "The coolest code I've ever written"
Microsoft's co-founder Bill Gates commemorates its 50th birthday by sharing the BASIC interpreter code that led to its creation.
Check out Microsoft's original source code from 50 years ago that Bill Gates calls 'the coolest code' he's ever written
Bill Gates is taking a look back at the code that started it all.The Microsoft cofounder this week published the code that ...
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So BASIC: Bill Gates Releases Microsoft's Original Source Code
Gates and his Microsoft co-founder, Paul Allen, used a computer in Harvard's lab to compose what he calls the 'coolest code I ...
Bill Gates Celebrates Microsoft’s 50th by Releasing Altair BASIC Source Code
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the company in the most Bill Gates way possible.
How Bill Gates, the Altair 8800 and BASIC propelled me into the PC revolution
Bill and I were using the same computing tech - the Altair 8800 and DEC's PDP-10 - as BASIC became a gateway for generations ...
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Bill Gates on Microsoft’s Original Source Code
Commemorating Microsoft’s 50th anniversary, Bill Gates provides a first-hand account of the company’s origin story. The post gains extra charm from an interactive design that transforms the text into ...