BASIC is ripe for a classic if-by-whiskey argument: If by BASIC you mean the line-numbered language with single-character global variable names, with no flow c

BASIC is ripe for a classic if-by-whiskey argument: If by BASIC you mean the line-numbered language with single-character global variable names, with no flow control beyond GOTO and maybe GOSUB, which encouraged, nay, demanded humans crunch their own programs by removing as much whitespace as possible to fit them in RAM, then it wasn't a good language. If by BASIC you mean the block-structured language with most modern flow control features, normal ideas about variable names and scope, which allows people to write GUI applications in a short period of time using GUI builders and easy access to libraries written in other languages, then it is a good language, but still not my favorite.