CarlGundel

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   by CarlGundel 7y ago

   Another point worth making is that there is no right or wrong language in many cases. If you enjoy programming in BASIC, or C, or SNOBOL, or bash, or Python, go knock yourself out. There's really no good excuse for language snobbery.
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   by CarlGundel 7y ago

   In spite of its warts the line numbered BASIC interpreter has it's good features, especially the immediacy of the interactive interpreter. The beginning programmer benefits hugely from this. Many languages boast about having this tod
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   by CarlGundel 7y ago

   I personally think that BASIC is an excellent first language, but people really should learn several different languages and be exposed to different programming ideas and styles. In addition to the Python and C++ you mentioned, people shou
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   by CarlGundel 7y ago

   Thirty+ years ago BASIC became a modern structured programming language, but so many people seem ignorant of this.
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   by CarlGundel 7y ago

   Power BASIC is a great dialect. I believe you can still purchase it too. I wrote some industrial strength stuff with Power BASIC some time back.
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   by CarlGundel 7y ago

   I do code in BASIC a lot, but I admit to using my own compiler called Liberty BASIC so I am biased. I do see a lot of people complaining that BASIC isn't modern but this just isn't true today. There are many versions of BASIC an