Meaning of street BASIC | Babel Free
Definitions
Any variety of the BASIC programming language that lacks good structure and encourages poor programming practices.
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.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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