I learned my ropes with QBASIC. It's as approachable as good ol basic but it had text labels instead of line numbers. Thus for me the biggest step in moving to

I learned my ropes with QBASIC. It's as approachable as good ol basic but it had text labels instead of line numbers. Thus for me the biggest step in moving to C when I was 12 or so was string processing and the concept of having to compile it and the weird include files. And why do I have to write -lm to djgpp so I can use cos? Those were the days.