13 Jan
1999
13 Jan
'99
3:56 a.m.
Marvin wrote:
not the language, but rather IMHO it is too easy to
pick up bad > "program construction thinking" habits especially if BASIC is
the
first language a person learns without "proper" instruction.
I disagree, because my first language was BASIC on the C-64, and I had
no 'proper' instruction (besides some books which everyone has access
to), but I do not write spaghetti code. This is mostly because I like
efficient code where every line makes sense. If I start off on the wrong
foot, it is much more difficult to write the program at all. I must
admit, I haven't had much experience with early BASICs that had no
FOR...NEXT statements.