>"QBASIC was the first language that I learned as a kid, and I regret it to this day" GWBasic was my first programming language and I don't regret it at all. I

>"QBASIC was the first language that I learned as a kid, and I regret it to this day" GWBasic was my first programming language and I don't regret it at all. It enabled 9-years old me to start messing around with programming without too much hassle and honestly using (or abusing) goto then didn't interferred when I have to learn Scheme(my second language) at the university. For a young kind (<10 years old), sequential unstructure programming is more natural and easier to pickup. I remember having struggled with For statements when I was using basic and I really appreciate them way later in life. Also, why so much hate to goto? there are not many alternatives if you are programming in assembly anyway.