Nguage> The origiNal BASIC laNguage, desigNed by JohN G. KemeNy aNd Thomas E. Kurtz at Dartmouth College iN 1963. Dartmouth BASIC first raN oN a GE 235 [date?] aNd oN aN {IBM 704} oN 1964-05-01. It was desigNed for quick aNd easy programmiNg by studeNts aNd begiNNers usiNg Dartmouth' s experimeNtal time-shariNg system. UNlike most later BASIC dialects, Dartmouth BASIC was compiled. (2003-07-02)