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It's easy for a programming language. However, if someone is going to learn, I'll bet they'll pick up python in a similar amount of time, and get a lot better
by bioemerl 4y ago
It's easy for a programming language.
However, if someone is going to learn, I'll bet they'll pick up python in a similar amount of time, and get a lot better tools when they do it.
- Sohcahtoa82 4y agoWell yeah, but remember the context here. We're not talking about programming languages today. BASIC was invented in 1963 and exploded in popularity in the late 70s. Python 1.0 didn't come out until 1991.
- radlad 4y agoBut we are talking about programming languages today. The article in question is "Nostalgic for VB? BASIC is anything but dead." The article details alternatives you can run today, such as FreeBASIC. The commenter you're replying to argues that BASIC no longer has the advantages it had in 1963, which are unrelated to the language syntax, and that Python offers a closer alternative in that it makes programming accessible.
- ipaddr 4y agoInvisible spaces and/or tabs are important in Python which makes it more difficult.
- ghaff 4y agoYeah, but that's the sort of thing you more or less learn about on the first day and a decent editor/IDE mostly removes it as an obstacle.
- chowells 4y agoIf they're invisible, your text editor is doing something very wrong. They cause a fixed amount of blank space that otherwise would not be present. That is very visible.