• True Blue@lemmy.comfysnug.space
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    1 year ago

    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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      1 year ago

      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.