<quote who="Bill Bennett">
> Even so, if you have a good grounding (what Schneider calls "sound
> programming practice") in a simple language, the jump to a more complex
> one is not so hard.
BASIC, to a large extent, does not give you a good grounding in "sound
programming practice". Certainly, you can make the leap, but it will take a
great deal of work to (as Gus once said on this list) "get it".
Think of it this way: If your dance partner is a graceless buffoon, you will
have an enormously difficult time learning the elegance and grace that
masterful dancers posess.
BASIC will give you two left feet. Two left, cloven feet.
- Jeff
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