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Still think QBASIC was the perfect way to start coding.
by jonplackett 3y ago
Still think QBASIC was the perfect way to start coding.
- asjfka 3y agoQBASIC was good to start but you couldn't grow with it. And then the step going to another language is still high. You had lot of fun learning QBASIC, then you hit a wall. Imagine if QBASIC had a CONS datatype. The beginner programmers would have been able to gently learn about a lot of data structures, while QBASIC would have still been QBASIC, only much more powerful.
- rbanffy 3y agoIt was an interesting blend of easy syntax and low-level concepts. GOTOs and GOSUBs, simple operations on primitive types, neatly mapping to the metal underneath. But back then, computers and operating systems were very thin abstraction layers on top of the metal anyway. The current computer is a totally different beast.