TechTechnologizerFifty Years of BASIC, the Programming Language That Made Computers Personal Fifty Years of BASIC, the Programming Language That Made Computers Personal Early in BASIC's history, its creators, John Kemeny (left) and Thomas Kurtz (center) go over a program with a Dartmouth studentAdrian N. Bouchard / Dartmouth University Knowing how to program a computer is good for you, and it’s a