This is very close to my heart because I learned to program in BASIC in the early 90s by reading a BASIC book from 1978. We didn’t have the internet yet, so tha

This is very close to my heart because I learned to program in BASIC in the early 90s by reading a BASIC book from 1978. We didn’t have the internet yet, so that book was all I had, but it was simple enough for 8 year old me to figure out on my own from reading it. I still remember the moment I ran into my parents bedroom to tell them I could print a line of text to the screen. That thrill hasn’t left me in over 30 years.