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Yeah, but did BASIC have an SSL library? The bar for "basic" programming these days is much higher in many cases.
by phlakaton 2y ago
Yeah, but did BASIC have an SSL library?
The bar for "basic" programming these days is much higher in many cases.
- glimshe 2y agoThere is no question Python is a lot more useful and relevant to modern software development. Arguably a better language for many use cases. The question is whether someone learning fundamental programming needs to use a language with SQL support. I think that BBC basic or quick basic are better choices for learning, but that's me. Also, BASIC has gorilla.bas :)
- zahlman 2y ago>The question is whether someone learning fundamental programming needs to use a language with SQL support. They aren't going to run into any of the issues you describe, either, because they won't need third-party libraries and should be learning fundamentals of programming before trying to make a GUI. But in the cases where someone reaches that point and is trying to use, say, the system Python on a Debian-based Linux distro, the solution is generally an Apt invocation away.