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There once was a tool that simplifies software production built into nearly all 8-bit machines. It was called BASIC. Millions of kids learned how (and how not)
by 8bitsrule 9y ago
There once was a tool that simplifies software production built into nearly all 8-bit machines. It was called BASIC.
Millions of kids learned how (and how not) to code using it. Many of them gained a career as a result.
Unfortunately kids in the future had to do without it. Because there were a -thousand- 'better ideas'.
- voxelperfect 9y agoYou are absolutely right! I used to be one of those kids that learned machine code and BASIC while still in primary school. But technology evolves and expectations grow. That is why we need better tools all the time.
- 8bitsrule 9y agoHypercard was a better tool. And then they took -that- away. The fundamentals of coding don't change. Built-in BASIC was -so- easy to use. Which 'better tools' can say that?