BASIC, Beginners All Purpose Symbolic Instruction Language, was created by Tom Kurtz and John Kemeny, both professors at Dartmouth.  BASIC remained in use for the next twenty five years.  One unique quality of basic was that it was developed to be easier to understand than previous computer languages.  Even someone not familiar with the language could understand some of what was happening by simply looking at the code. This made programming easier for the mainstream and made it more like speaking commands in plain English.  BASIC was the beginning of intuitive programming. 

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