#BASIC

Easter eggs are usually hidden inside our games and software, but did you know there are some hidden inside the tools and languages used to make that software? Come with me on a fun Easter diversion while we eat our bodyweight in chocolate, and look at six programming Easter Eggs.

Just how did 8 bit computers like the ZX Spectrum or BBC Micro manage to cram an entire programming language into their tiny systems, and still have space for the user’s programs?

Picture the modern world, but without Windows, PCs or Apple. What would be on your desk?

How to get started programming the ZX Spectrum Next

Now I’ve gained an understanding of assembly programming, let’s look at how they tried to teach us computer science in the 1980s…