Learning BASIC Like It's 1983 (2018)
Agree with the author’s thesis of how the folks that “grew with computers” have an advantage over those approaching them now, in terms of understanding the inner workings. I’m not sure that this matters much in terms of solving actual problems though, which is probably a good thing.<p>But I somehow find it a little bit sad that this is the case, so I’ll plug my own <a href="https://www.endbasic.dev/" rel="nofollow">https://www.endbasic.dev/</a> because it’s very fitting in this context :) I’ve been building it precisely as a way to understand everything that’s going on by offering that 1980s experience (although it’s still far from fulfilling the full promise).<p>Also, buried in the article is a reference to the <a href="https://10print.org/" rel="nofollow">https://10print.org/</a> book. I recently came across it at HPB  and it has been a pretty entertaining read. Couldn’t believe there was so much to write about such a simple little program!