Computers for children

From: Max Eskin <kurtkilgor_at_bigfoot.com>
Date: Wed Jan 13 11:56:14 1999

Marvin wrote:
> not the language, but rather IMHO it is too easy to pick up bad > "program construction thinking" habits especially if BASIC is the
> first language a person learns without "proper" instruction.

I disagree, because my first language was BASIC on the C-64, and I had
no 'proper' instruction (besides some books which everyone has access
to), but I do not write spaghetti code. This is mostly because I like
efficient code where every line makes sense. If I start off on the wrong
foot, it is much more difficult to write the program at all. I must
admit, I haven't had much experience with early BASICs that had no
FOR...NEXT statements.
Received on Wed Jan 13 1999 - 11:56:14 GMT