I learned programming via BASIC (not QBASIC, on a Modular One https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Computer_Technology_Limited)and https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Computer_T

I learned programming via BASIC (not QBASIC, on a Modular One https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Computer_Technology_Limited)and https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Computer_Technology_Limited)and I agree it is a great way to learn how to write code (look at all those little kids who used to dodge into WHSmiths in the UK and write small, rude programs!) But the thing that always pissed me off was that it did not support proper functions (one-liners, yes) to the extent that I wrote a preprocessor in BASIC that did support them (rather badly). One thing I have always stressed to the many people I have taught is "Write functions, write lots of functions, you cannot write too many functions!"