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Did you know... that after four years in the making, the Minimal BASIC standard was described as "more a toy than an actual language"?
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... that after four years in the making, the Minimal BASIC standard was described as "more a toy than an actual language"? Source: Luehrmann, see in the quote box. Luehrmann was one of the ANSI participants
