On this day.

[Tony Baloney]

60 years ago today, the first BASIC program was run on a computer, a GE-225 mainframe.

READY
10 PRINT "HELLO ARMAGHNIAC"
20 GOTO 10
RUN

[Substandard]

60 years ago today, the first BASIC program was run on a computer, a GE-225 mainframe.

READY
10 PRINT "HELLO ARMAGHNIAC"
20 GOTO 10
RUN

😅👏

[armaghniac]

60 years ago today, the first BASIC program was run on a computer, a GE-225 mainframe.

READY
10 PRINT "HELLO ARMAGHNIAC"
20 GOTO 10
RUN

😅👏

Wikipedia suggests that the first program was PRINT 2 + 2
You have to admire those who wrote the Interpreter. 11 years later Gates and Allen wrote the interpreter for the Altair, although they did not have an Altair.

[Orior]

60 years ago today, the first BASIC program was run on a computer, a GE-225 mainframe.

READY
10 PRINT "HELLO ARMAGHNIAC"
20 GOTO 10
RUN

😅👏

Wikipedia suggests that the first program was PRINT 2 + 2
You have to admire those who wrote the Interpreter. 11 years later Gates and Allen wrote the interpreter for the Altair, although they did not have an Altair.

AI suggests that the answer is 5 for big values of 2

[lurganblue]

80 years on from D Day.

[Milltown Row2]

80 years on from D Day.

Crazy, had a lady in with me today.. 101 years old, sharp as a tack if not a little hard of hearing but I'd mentioned the date and a radio (radio 5 live today) interview with a serving soldier on D-Day. She was 21! remembers the period like yesterday

[AustinPowers]

18 June 1994:

[Captain Obvious]

18 June 1994:

30 years ago, time flies.

[Milltown Row2]

18 June 1994:

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18 June 1994:

The Loughinisland massacre took place also that fateful night..

No stone unturned was on last night. Watched the first hour, crazy times.

Oh and my wife (girlfriend at the time) stood me up!

[Milltown Row2]

18 June 1994:

The Loughinisland massacre took place also that fateful night..

No stone unturned was on last night. Watched the first hour crazy night.

Oh and my wife (girlfriend at the time) stood me up!

[Hoof Hearted]

18 June 1994:

The Loughinisland massacre took place also that fateful night..

No stone unturned was on last night. Watched the first hour crazy night.

Oh and my wife (girlfriend at the time) stood me up!

she was worth another chance then ??

[Captain Obvious]

18 June 1994:

The Loughinisland massacre took place also that fateful night..

No stone unturned was on last night. Watched the first hour crazy night.

Oh and my wife (girlfriend at the time) stood me up!

she was worth another chance then ??

He gave her a black card instead of a red.

[jcpen]

18 June 1994:

Paul McGrath that day gave the greatest ever performance from any man that ever played for Ireland in any game.

Wow 30 years, gone by in a second.

[Hoof Hearted]

18 June 1994:

The Loughinisland massacre took place also that fateful night..

No stone unturned was on last night. Watched the first hour crazy night.

Oh and my wife (girlfriend at the time) stood me up!

she was worth another chance then ??

He gave her a black card instead of a red.

  

[dec]

I was at that game in Giants Stadium, had just arrived in New York the day before. The Irish advantage in the number of fans was immense, Irish flags everywhere in the stadium. I was sitting high up behind the goal that Houghton scored in and for a fraction of a second I couldn't tell if the ball had gone in the goal or landed on top of the net, and then the roar told me.

My body was still on Irish time but somehow ended up out in a bar in Manhattan until closing time (4 am)

Ended up seeing six games in total, the four Irish games and Belgium/Netherlands and Brazil/Russia.

Delta Airlines used to have a one month stand-by pass that I used to fly around though waiting for a stand-by seat when thousands of Irish fans are all making the same journey was a bit hit or miss. Ended up getting from Orlando to New York via Miami while my checked-in baggage had already traveled direct to New York (pre 9/11 they didn't remove unaccompanied baggage)

In the pre internet days news traveled more slowly via phone calls and word of mouth. I remember learning about the Loughinsland massacre in dribs and drabs overhearing pieces in bars, the full horror didn't hit until a couple of days later.