# Programming In BASIC

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/programming-in-basic/397931>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [March 29, 2007, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/programming-in-basic/397931 "2007-03-29T02:22:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Full\_Metal\_Lotus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df705f/32.png) [@Full\_Metal\_Lotus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Full_Metal_Lotus)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2007, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/programming-in-basic/397931/1 "2007-03-29T02:22:38Z")

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Yeah, I know I am a dinosaur…

I used to love programming in BASIC, not Visual Basic, or any such things, the good old fashioned "Line Number - command "style.

Anyone know wher I can get a basic emulator (for free) that will run on my Windows XP computer… Its gotta be out there!

Your help is appreciated…  
Thanks in advance…

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**Author:** ![Full\_Metal\_Lotus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df705f/32.png) [@Full\_Metal\_Lotus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Full_Metal_Lotus)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2007, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/programming-in-basic/397931/2 "2007-03-29T02:55:41Z")

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Nevermind… I found one… thanks anyway  
Moderator - please delete/ kill this thread

Thanks  
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**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2007, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/programming-in-basic/397931/3 "2007-03-29T03:34:08Z")

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You really should make an effort to learn some civilized programming, while you’re at it. A proper structured program is a beautiful thing to behold, when all you’re used to is spaghetti code.

I started with BASICA on an IBM PS/2. I don’t miss it.