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Teaching Programming with BASIC (lackofimagination.org)

submitted 3 months ago by Aijan@programming.dev to c/programming@programming.dev

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[–] abbadon420@lemm.ee 5 points 3 months ago

I think it's a bad idea to start with BASIC in this day and age. However, I do think it's a very good idea to teach student BASIC once they've learned a modern language. It's a great way to teach them why programming works the way it does and to teach about the roots.