Subj : Re: Commodore 64 Ultimate Starlight To : All From : Kalevi Kolttonen Date : Tue Mar 10 2026 01:30 pm Daniel wrote: > What horrible advice. Why do you say so? Python 3 is a nice and clean language with all the features you would expect from a good programming language. Fedora Linux and FreeBSD are millions of times more advanced than poor old C64. Programming in BASIC using the horrible C64 screen editor is nothing but a bad joke in 2026. I have to laugh thinking about it... Hahah! BASIC on a C64 lacks almost everything: no proper WHILE looping, no proper function calls, no proper data structures, identifiers are only valid for the two starting characters. C64 BASIC is beyond awful and should never be used in 2026. Why would anyone torture kids with that lame BASIC? C64 is a great platform for learning assembly programming though but even so you should write the code on Linux or FreeBSD using a proper text editor and a cross assembler, testing your program with VICE. br, KK --- PyGate Linux v1.5.12 * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10) .