"Interpreters were conceived of only one year later, in 1958, but the mainstream was catching up in 1995."
Minor nitpick: BASIC in early homecomputers (~1980) was usually interpreted. I'd certainly call those machines mainstream at the time (and as article notes, interpreters go back way further).
"Interpreters were conceived of only one year later, in 1958, but the mainstream was catching up in 1995."
Minor nitpick: BASIC in early homecomputers (~1980) was usually interpreted. I'd certainly call those machines mainstream at the time (and as article notes, interpreters go back way further).