**Cavemen** lived thousands of years ago in caves or primitive shelters. * Using simple technology, such as clubs, they acquired food and women. * They often used short utterances called grunts and snarls. * In 7,000 BC they came up with the word [LET](LET). Linguists believe that this word was used in sentences such as "[Let](LET) GRRRR!" or "[Let](LET) MEEE!". Since then, the word [LET](LET) has featured prominently in the design of the BASIC programming language. * Why are you here? Did you look up [LET](LET)? Too bad! Tell your teacher to actually teach you something! ## See Also * [LET](LET) there be light! * [Allow me to go back](LET)