Subj : Re: Commodore 64 Ultimate Starlight
To   : Kalevi Kolttonen
From : Rug Rat
Date : Tue Mar 10 2026 05:47 am

While BASIC 2.0 had its limmitations (Namely you could not easily take advantage of the 64s graphics and sound capabilities <This was fixed in 7.0).  I have the exact OPPOSITE viewpoint as you. 

One of the things that is missing from modern computers is the ability to have a built in programming language (Outsie of shell scripts).

BASIC was a great medium to teach children and first time computer users how to think logically, in an easy to understand flow.  (Even if you did have to use line numbers..).

While I sorely lack the ability to create my own programs, learning BASIC did give me the ability to understand what a script is doing, and how to be methodical and troubleshot said programs / scripts.

BASIC does offer the same sort of structure that many scripting languages like BASH/REXX, and if you are really old DCL use.

Bring back BASIC!

Rug Rat (Brent Hendricks)
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