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llen said. "It's going to happen! I told you this was going to happen! And we're going to miss it!" They called Ed Roberts, the man who created the Altair, and told him that they had written a version of a programming language called basic for his computer. That wasn't true. It was an early use of a no

ss computer programmer? 341 Christopher Reiss This distinction probably goes to Bill Gates who (with Paul Allen) wrote a Basic Interpreter for the Altair in 1975. It fit into a mind-blowing 4K of memory. An entire Ian... Read More ii What is the most heroic thing you have ever done? 1.4k Drew Young