I worked on gwbasic in early 90s and I turned lack of Docs/resources to my advantage. I used to spend time thinking about different ways to solve a problem. Bas

I worked on gwbasic in early 90s and I turned lack of Docs/resources to my advantage. I used to spend time thinking about different ways to solve a problem. Basic does teach some bad habits, but it also teaches basic control structures, debugging skills and problem solving. Later, when I switched to C/Java/C++, the old programming habits changed quickly. In modern times, I would recommend Python as a beginner’s language.