As a kid I had a Commodore plus4 as my first computer (it was already severely outdated, but I got it for free). The fact that it booted directly to an scriptin

As a kid I had a Commodore plus4 as my first computer (it was already severely outdated, but I got it for free). The fact that it booted directly to an scripting language intepreter (commodore basic) brought me to programming. You HAD to learn at leas some basic to do anything useful or fun with a commodore homecomputer. With my young nephews I see that the younger generation sees computers and smartphone more like useful blackboxes that "just work" without even trying to understand how.