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Bill Gates demonstrates Visual Basic (1991)

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Bill Gates demonstrates Visual Basic (1991)

A short clip of Bill Gates demonstrating Visual Basic in 1991, showing drag-and-drop building of a Windows GUI.

HN cites it as an example of rapid GUI development that modern tooling hasn't matched, and as precedent for promises of coding without developers.

4 Hacker News mentions · 2020–2025

Topics

  • Tech pioneers & interviews
  • GUI, HCI & interface history
  • History of computing

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