BASIC's Main Advantage Over FORTRAN, COBAL and ALGOL Was ________

question 10

Multiple Choice

BASIC's main advantage over FORTRAN, COBAL and ALGOL was ________.

• A) BASIC used a GUI interface
• B) Beginning programming students could easily learn BASIC
• C) Earlier programming languages were solely for accounting and statistical applications
• D) Bill Gates and Paul Allen used BASIC to program the Altair

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Definitions:

English Workhouses

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