BASIC opened the door to computing for a great many people. It usually gets bashed by (a) academics or (b) CS students who have not yet had any productive, real

BASIC opened the door to computing for a great many people. It usually gets bashed by (a) academics or (b) CS students who have not yet had any productive, real-world, development experience. I know many folks who started with BASIC and went on to become excellent programmers/developers. At the end of the day, what matters is the end-product. Your users don’t care what programming language or tech you used to solve their problem.