Review of BASIC by John
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Legacy: Tracks where the language has gone since its heyday at the dawn of home computing. VB is strongly mentioned (along with a discussion of introducing objects, visual IDEs, etc.) but put into contrast with Mono and various niche implementations to pose the question of which version is the true legacy of C64 era BASIC usage and ethos. Suggests another type of successor in learning languages like Scratch, but also talks about the difference in using a language to learn programming and learning programming by using a language (ie, learning with intent vs. learning due to hands on use because the user wants to run a program). | Legacy: Tracks where the language has gone since its heyday at the dawn of home computing. VB is strongly mentioned (along with a discussion of introducing objects, visual IDEs, etc.) but put into contrast with Mono and various niche implementations to pose the question of which version is the true legacy of C64 era BASIC usage and ethos. Suggests another type of successor in learning languages like Scratch, but also talks about the difference in using a language to learn programming and learning programming by using a language (ie, learning with intent vs. learning due to hands on use because the user wants to run a program). | ||
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== General Comments == | == General Comments == | ||
