<p>The creator of Apple ][ BASIC, my first programming language, has passed on. RIP that you empowered so many of us.</p><p><a href="https://computerhistory.org/blog/in-memoriam-thomas-e-kurtz-1928-2024/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">computerhistory.org/blog/in-me</span><span class="invisible">moriam-thomas-e-kurtz-1928-2024/</span></a></p>