6 Apr
2020
6 Apr
'20
6:49 a.m.
On Sun, 5 Apr 2020, Fred Cisin wrote:
I still believe that the best FIRST exposure to
computer programming should
be BASIC. VERY FIRST program should have instant gratification, without
having had to already learn underlying structures, variable types, how to run
a compiler, etc. After creating first program, and a few more, in a very
short time, it would then be sensible to evaluate what kind of programming is
most interesting, and switch to the most appropriate language. Having
already created a few token programs, it is then less onerous to learn
compilers, data types, system overhead, "ENVIRONMENT DIVISION", etc.
A friend of mine started out with BDS C and never did get around to
learning BASIC...
Q: If Bill Gates hadn't written a BASIC interpreter, where would we be now?
I strongly suspect someone else would have come out with one. Tiny BASIC
may have happened earlier.
g.
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