30 years later, QBasic is still the best

Re:30 years later, QBasic is still the best by donatj on Sunday May 27, 2018 @12:15AM (#17165411)

Reading the QBasic help is literally how I learned to program. I owe it my livelihood.

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Re:30 years later, QBasic is still the best by ygra on Sunday May 27, 2018 @05:44AM (#17166232)

I started out by reading the GWBASIC manual, a 500-page tome I found in our bookshelf at home. Then I asked my father whether he could get me GWBASIC and noted that he'd have something better, QBasic, which had integrated help. It was so much better and always just a keystroke away.

Turbo Pascal was also an awesome development experience back then.

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