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Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> writes:
> Yes, and we didn't have Python then. When I had a computer with 640KB
> of memory, my options were (1) BASIC or (2) 8086 assembly language,
> using DEBUG.EXE and its mini-assembler. Later on (much much later), I
> added C to the available languages, but it was tedious and annoying,
> because one tiny change meant minutes of compilation.

1. check this out: http://prog21.dadgum.com/116.html

2. There were also some decent Lisps for the PC.  Sort of like Python
but with parentheses as structure instead of indentation:

    http://norvig.com/python-lisp.html