Stefan Ram schrieb am 19.09.2017 um 17:00: > D'Arcy Cain <da...@vybenetworks.com> writes: >> of course, I use calculators and computers but I still understand the >> theory behind what I am doing. > > I started out programming in BASIC. Today, I use Python, > the BASIC of the 21st century. Python has no GOTO, but when > it is executed, its for loop eventually is implemented using > a GOTO-like jump instruction. Thanks to my learning of BASIC, > /I/ can have this insight. Younger people, who never learned > GOTO, may still be able to use Python, but they will not > understand what is going on behind the curtains. Therefore, for > a profound understanding of Python, everyone should learn BASIC > first, just like I did!
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