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What are your programming hot takes? (lemmy.ml)
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[–] 4 points 3 years ago (1 child)

I forgot where I heard this, but at one point around the same time, Microsoft was trying to get BASIC embedded into webpages for Internet Explorer as a competitor to JavaScript.

Would the internet really be better with BASIC?

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    What do you mean going to? Internet Explorer supported VBscript, which was a "competitor" to Javascript. Though being locked to ie was a hindrance to adoption. That, and it was based on vb.

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