street BASIC

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English

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Etymology

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The term was introduced by computer scientists Thomas Kurtz and John Kemeny.

Noun

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street BASIC (countable and uncountable, plural street BASICs)

  1. (programming, derogatory) Any variety of the BASIC programming language that lacks good structure and encourages poor programming practices.
    • 1988, Cynthia Solomon, Computer Environments for Children, page 94:
      Street BASIC is becoming the language taught in junior high; it is sandwiched between Logo, which is taught in elementary school, and Pascal, which is taught in high school.
    • 2009, Harry Henderson, Encyclopedia of Computer Science and Technology, page 40:
      In 1984, BASIC's original developers responded to what they saw as the problems of “street Basic” by introducing True BASIC, a modern, well-structured version of the language, and the 1988 ANSI BASIC standard incorporated similar features.