The Howdy Glossary

Microsoft Basic for Macintosh (BASIC) is an implementation of the BASIC programming language on Macintosh computers. It's part of a series in the line of Microsoft's BASIC languages, which were popular in early computing due their user-friendly nature and widely adopted by home users and professional developers. The version for Macintosh systems had integration with other Microsoft products, such as Excel, through Visual Basic for Applications (VBA), allowing automation within these applications. However, with the decline of BASIC's popularity as more advanced programming languages became available on Macintosh computers over time, MS Basic for Macintosh has been largely replaced by alternatives like AppleScript and JavaScript.