← Back to search

Meaning of street BASIC | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Any variety of the BASIC programming language that lacks good structure and encourages poor programming practices.

countable, derogatory, uncountable

Examples

“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.”

“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.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

street bike street bum street child street clothes street corner street cred