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Re:BASIC at 50 by cmang on Monday April 07, 2014 @04:41PM (#7549327)
> I wonder what today's generation growing up on?

Immediately HTML+Javascript comes to mind, as a language interpreter that every kid's computer comes with.

I would guess that is the top "first language" for kids today, with things like C#, Python, Ruby, PHP and Java somewhere in 2nd place (as popular server side and classoom languages).

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Re:BASIC at 50 by munificent on Monday April 07, 2014 @05:11PM (#7549524)
JavaScript is the BASIC of today.

Which means, by extension, many of today's JavaScript frameworks are the VisualBASIC of this generation: frameworks that let you use a "child's" language for grown-up work. The reactions to using JavaScript for real applications exactly parallels what people thought about VB when it came out.

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Re:BASIC at 50 by JetSpiegel on Monday April 07, 2014 @07:29PM (#7550392)
This mirrors my experience.

Javascript is so basic (pun intended), it's not even considered a real language. Someone who tweaks Wordpress templates wouldn't consider himself a programmer.

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