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Jeff Webb - The guy who lowercased Basic

Jeff Webb - The guy who lowercased Basic

Show #131 Sep 26 2008 plus show notes

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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