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Thomas E. Kurtz Dead

Thomas E. Kurtz
KindPerson
Born1928
Died2024
StatusDead
Fieldprogramming languages
Sourcedtss.dartmouth.edu ↗

Co-created BASIC with Kemeny and ran the Dartmouth time-sharing system it lived on.

Created Dartmouth BASIC

Co-created BASIC with Kemeny and ran the Dartmouth time-sharing project; later fought to keep original BASIC alive (True BASIC).\n\nDied 2024 at 96 — outlived most of the languages BASIC inspired.

Sources

  1. dtss.dartmouth.edu/
  2. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_E._Kurtz