How bad Commodore 64's (most sold computer ever) BASIC was cannot be overstated. Great to power on and have the immediate mode prompt, great for learning the b

How bad Commodore 64's (most sold computer ever) BASIC was cannot be overstated. Great to power on and have the immediate mode prompt, great for learning the basics, sufficient for trivial tasks, but that's about it. Moving away from BASIC into assembly was how you'd get things done in that machine.