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There's a "modern" qbasic called qb64. Have you looked at it? I also second the recommendations on python (which has a built-in turtle and awesome libraries li

by epsylon 13y ago

There's a "modern" qbasic called qb64. Have you looked at it? I also second the recommendations on python (which has a built-in turtle and awesome libraries like pygame). Racket is also a very good choice. DrRacket is a solid IDE and the language has plenty of good basic libraries. The book Realm of Racket might also be of interest: http://realmofracket.com/ http://realmofracket.com/

sdegutis 13y ago
Yeah, we tried qb64 out a few days ago. Its IDE is a little broken in the latest release. Any time you press any key, you have to wait anywhere from 2-5 seconds before the computer reacts. It's apparently part of its syntax-check-as-you-type program, but there's no obvious way to turn it off. I just tried DrRacket last night, and the IDE was pretty confusing to get started with for me. Plus I think it will be easier for him to get started with a non-Lisp language. (Disclaimer: my favorite language right now is Clojure.)