In a classic example of “Why didn’t somebody think of that sooner?” the state of New Hampshire has installed an official highway marker honoring “BASIC: The First User-Friendly Computer Programming Language.”In much smaller letters, the sign identifies John Kemeny and Thomas Kurtz as the Dartmouth College math professors who devised the influential language in 1964 on the Hanover, N.H. campus. But the overall thrust of the classy green placard planted nearby on Route 120 goes to BASIC, not them.

Source: Wall Street Journal June 20, 2019 17:03 UTC