I asked my dad, who programmed in C for work, to teach me how to program, but he was a bit too tired after work, and compilers weren't free back then. Instead h

I asked my dad, who programmed in C for work, to teach me how to program, but he was a bit too tired after work, and compilers weren't free back then. Instead he pointed me to QBasic, thinking I'd goof around with it for a little while and probably move on to the next thing. One day I pulled him in to show him a wireframe 3d graphics program I'd written, you could rotate simple models around, and he went "oh no, I'm so sorry, you've learned too much QBasic. I'll teach you C". I remember using GWBasic as well, but I don't think I made anything more than little Choose Your Own Adventure-type stories, i.e. a few if statements.