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Re:SmileBASIC 4 for Nintendo Switch by grawprog on Saturday April 25, 2020 @10:55AM (#22978571)
>But given the context you should see it as a game which also teaches you programming

Yeah and they're already teaching kids to accept the need to pay some third party company permission to make their code available on a locked down heavily controlled piece of hardware, just like in real life.

Re:SmileBASIC 4 for Nintendo Switch by dathinab on Saturday April 25, 2020 @11:43AM (#22978916)
Well can't disagree with that.

I honestly wouldn't recommend this for learning/teaching/introducing programming.

Not just because if the looked down aspect.