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The only basic variant I used was qbasic, it was the first programming language I used! It's not horrible at all if a child can learn to make a game in it from
by Aardwolf 3y ago
The only basic variant I used was qbasic, it was the first programming language I used!
It's not horrible at all if a child can learn to make a game in it from scratch.
However, qbasic doesn't have the line numbers (edit: at least not mandatory!). Never used a basic variant that requires the line numbers, but that seems like a total kludge!
- tgv 3y agoIt was fun. The dense text, all caps, line numbers in the left column, peeking and poking in memory, simple variables, it felt as a direct connection with the machine. The step to assembler wasn't that big. They shared some aesthetics, and certainly the spaghetti structure. And it possibly made me appreciate the algol-inspired languages more.
- rahen 3y agoExactly. BASIC a high-level low-level language, effectively pretty close to assembly.
- thriftwy 3y agoQBasic could do line numbers all right. It did not require them, that's that. It had labels and loops, so why bother.