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One must definitely beware of looking back with rose colored glasses. A couple years ago I came across the BASIC source code for Oregon Trail, and I thought, "
by smcameron 6y ago
One must definitely beware of looking back with rose colored glasses. A couple years ago I came across the BASIC source code for Oregon Trail, and I thought, "Hmm, might be fun to convert it to C." Started poking at it, and... Blargh! It was pretty disgusting. I don't think the program, disgusting as it was, was really unusual or bad for the time, though, and I am certain I wrote similar code on my trusty TI99/4A and thought it was just fine at the time. But then I was just a little kid, and maybe it's just right for a kid, I don't know.
- mark-r 6y agoMECC was the organization that introduced me to computers. It was an HP 2000C timesharing system that could only be programmed in BASIC. I never used Oregon Trail but I did write my own game. I have to agree that a simple dialect of BASIC is perfect for learning, even if it's very crude by modern sensibilities.