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I think you mean BASIC programming. And who uses BASIC today?


Good old MSBASIC has morphed into a slick RAD IDE called Visual Basic. It, and
others of that ilk like Borland Delphi (PASCAL in an object-oriented dress), are
very popular with computer hobbiests.


Heck, most people with computers don't write software, they simply use
applications written by others.

"Heck, most hams don't build radios, they simply use radios built by others."



but in late 1962 the FCC gave all ham operating priviliges to Generals and
above.


No they didn't. Some privs (satelite stations, as at least one example) were
reserved for Amateur Extras into the 70's.

But other than some isolated privs like that, General, Conditional, Advanced,
and Extra all had very similar "full" privileges going back to the early 50's.
Disincentive licensing changed that in the late 60's.

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de Hans, K0HB