A Comparative Evaluation of Versions of BASIC From its inception, The BASIC language has grown in terms of its usage, scope of usage, and its features. This article compares ten of the current versions of BASIC with each other, with two earlier versions, and with the proposed standard for minimal BASIC. The comparison is arranged by the features of the versions and by computational comparison of computation and times and processing costs. CACM April, 1976 Lientz, B. P. BASIC, interpretive language summary 4.20 4.6 CA760402 JB January 4, 1978 4:34 PM 2044 4 2874 2189 4 2874 2356 4 2874 2417 4 2874 2420 4 2874 2505 4 2874 2874 4 2874 2874 4 2874 2874 4 2874 2874 4 2874 2874 4 2874 2874 4 2874 2908 4 2874 3104 4 2874 3143 4 2874 1682 5 2874 2227 5 2874 2317 5 2874 2683 5 2874 2871 5 2874 2874 5 2874 2874 5 2874 2874 5 2874 521 5 2874