Subj : Re: Commodore 64 Ultimate Starlight To : All From : Daniel Date : Wed Mar 11 2026 10:00 am kalevi@kolttonen.fi (Kalevi Kolttonen) writes: > 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 Many of us wet our feet on basic as children. In fact, many people progressed into the world of software development from that introduction. One could argue that it helped lead into the industry we have today. You told him not to introduce the kids to that same joy he experienced with an end-of-world urgency. As if they'll be irreparably harmed by it. Sheesh. He's doing it to bond with the kids. Maybe he will help them code their own games and get that satisfaction like he did. For years magazines supplied source code for games. I used to stay in the computer lab after school to code them myself, since we didn't have a computer at my home. We had atari game system. --- PyGate Linux v1.5.12 * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10) .