From MIKE POWELL@21:1/175 to MALVINAS on Sun Jul 7 09:05:00 2024
│ I don't know why, but I see people taking BASIC for a unworthy substitute of │ a greater example of a language, as maybe C++ or Java.
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I believe it was (and probably still is) a good starter language.
│ Anyway, what's anyones thoughts on this? Have you any experience with BASIC? │ Was it also you first programming language??
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Yes, specifically TI-BASIC. It was what eventually convinced me that I
might want to pursue programming as a profession. I believe it could also
be useful to convince someone that they don't want to go that route. ;)