It 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 m

It 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.