The company's first product was an adaptation of the Basic programming language used in the Altair 8800, a kit computer.

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Understanding the fundamentals of programming at even the most basic level could be an important foundation for advanced learning.

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Users could play many games and also learn the programming language of computers -- BASIC.

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This would be backed up by some programming, to give the droids a basic understanding of rigid body mechanics, and how to construct motion plans.

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However, this requires programming the robot with a predefined set of very basic behaviours, an approach which Dr Rao ultimately found to be very limiting.

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They wrote an interpreter for the Basic programming language that would run on the Altair and showed it to Ed Roberts, the president of MITS, which manufactured the Altair.

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This includes distribution of current and library film and television product, formats and non-scripted programming in the pay, free, and basic cable television markets, as well as the domestic syndication of first-run syndicated TV programs, theatrical and TV movie packages.

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