>>>>> "Michael" == Michael <[email protected]> writes:
Michael> On 2017-12-17 04:24, Richard Owlett wrote: >> I was able to spend a few hours on the site and following trees of >> links. I would suggest <http://basic256.org/whybasic> for thoughtful >> reading. I can attest to some of his points from personal experience. Michael> That's a great suggestion. The essay does lay out a compelling Michael> argument for BASIC and against the favored language du jour. I got started with BASIC. I don't think I got more than 5 minutes instruction (and if I did I don't remember any of it), and then I could sit down and type things... like "LIST" and read the source code and figure out what was happening... and then try changing things and see what happens. I spent an afternoon with a friend at a display counter at JK Gills (a local stationary chain) near what is now Cedar Hills Crossing, typing a BASIC program into a tiny home computer connected to a television set, I think to play hangman. In college, I was taught Fortran and Pascal and then when my friends said C was cool, I learned C (and thought it was very cool). And then, later, when another friend said Lisp was cool, I learned Lisp. Etc, etc. Personal recommendations and the Hands On Imperative have worked out really well. -- Russell Senior [email protected] _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
