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BASIC is still around in a way. Most schools have math classes that require a graphing calculator, and some tests requiring a graphing calculator.
The calculator has a BASIC like programming language called, if I remember correctly, True Algebraic Logic for Casio. Against teacher advice, my sophomore year in precalculus I decided to go for a Casio graphing calculator back in 1990. Texas Instruments was recommended. The only problem I had using a Casio was that model didn’t have polar graphing. So, I wrote a program to do it on the Casio. It probably helped me to understand polar graphing better.
Ben might like applying the BASIC programs in his math book to a graphing calculator?
In the past, I liked to create programs on the TI graphing calculators at the store to endlessly print on the screen text like “Hello.”
