My first programming languages were Apple (and Microsoft's) BASIC, which I didn't do very much with, and the Casio BASIC (with which I did quite a bit). So the

My first programming languages were Apple (and Microsoft's) BASIC, which I didn't do very much with, and the Casio BASIC (with which I did quite a bit). So there was a time when it was the only type of flow control I understood and going to C with these newfangled looping constructs was new and interesting because I understood just how useful they were compared to the GOTO statements I had needed to structure so carefully before.