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Re: "Why Johnny can't code"

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Originally Posted by Rick TYler
An interesting thread. Both my sons learned to program using QBASIC (from DOS version ... well, I dunno, but it fits on a floppy). It still works fine in a DOS window on Windows XP. It's a whole lot easier than trying to understand the .NET framework to learn programming. Or C. Or C++. Or C#. Or just about anything.
This is what I learned to program in as well. Back when I learned (hehe, uphill both ways, no doubt) it was on Windows 95. QBasic is really really good for learning simple programming concepts. I never quite wrapped my head around the concept of a subroutine, but I was doing all sorts of inputing and outputing and simple games. It was awesome, and very simple for the 3rd grade me to pick up quickly.