Jeff Webb - The guy who lowercased Basic
Show #131 | 2008-Sep-26 | Permalink |
Today we reminisce with Jeff Webb about the very early years of Basic and Visual Basic at Microsoft. What was it like to work just a few offices down from BillG? When did Basic stop being ALL CAPS?
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