Subj : Re: Commodore 64 Ultimate Starlight
To   : All
From : Daniel
Date : Tue Mar 10 2026 10:30 am

kalevi@kolttonen.fi (Kalevi Kolttonen) writes:

> Bo Holt <usenet@vk3heg.net> wrote:
>> I'm going to take the machine to them and teach
>> them BASIC
>
> Oh no! Keep the kids away from BASIC as it is
> one of the most horrendous programming languages
> ever invented.
>
> Better to fire up a Fedora Linux or FreeBSD VM and have
> the kids learn Python or anything saner than BASIC.
>
> Back in the 1980s BASIC was better than nothing, but
> should not be used again in 2026.
>
> br,
> KK

What horrible advice.

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