Everything about BBC BASIC

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

1. Read the overview: BBC BASICA 5-minute orientation
2. Pick up a classic book: The Hitch-Hikers's Guide to Artificial IntelligenceThe most-reprinted book on the subject
3. Read the landmark paper: Illustrating BBC–basicCited 0 times
4. Go sideways: BBC MicroA closely related topic
5. Go sideways: BBC Micro expansion unitA closely related topic

🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)

• Illustrating BBC–basic

  J H Wright · 1987 · Physics Bulletin · 0 citations

• An introduction to programming in BBC BASIC

  K. D. C. Stoodley · 1987 · International Journal of Clinical Monitoring and Computing · 0 citations

• An Introduction to Data Handling in BBC Basic.

  Philip Giles, J. Gatenby · 1988 · The Statistician · 0 citations

• A Mathematical Toolkit (BBC BASIC edition): Numerical Routines with Applications in Engineering, Mathematics and the Sciences

  D T Bickley · 1987 · Physics Bulletin · 0 citations

📚 Books worth reading

• The Hitch-Hikers's Guide to Artificial IntelligenceRichard Forsyth, Chris Naylor · 1985
• Self-instruct BASICAntony Clark, James Clark · 1983
• Gateway to computing with the BBC MicroIan Stewart · 1984
• Beyond BASICRichard Freeman · 1983
• 📕Programming the BBC microNeil Cryer, Pat Cryer · 1983
• Basic programming guideMarcus D. Bowman, Stephen Pople · 1988
• 📕A Young Persons Guide to Bbc BasicMichael Milan · 1983
• Programming the BBC microPeter Williams · 1984

Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.

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