Im of that age, and basic was a bane to my early development. It gives a simplistic, underwhelming view of computing to early users; I walked away from my c64

Im of that age, and basic was a bane to my early development. It gives a simplistic, underwhelming view of computing to early users; I walked away from my c64 after going through all the examples wondering why grownups were making such a big deal about a weak, simple tool.