I learned to program with basic around 1990, using books from the late 70s. What taught me the most were books of computer games… I learned so much because I had to make slight modifications for them to work on the version of QBasic I had, and trying to figure out what to do to make them work was the best teacher I had.
It was amazing what you could accomplish in QBasic. As a child the possibilities were nearly endless and with the built in help it was so approachable.
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I learned to program with basic around 1990, using books from the late 70s. What taught me the most were books of computer games… I learned so much because I had to make slight modifications for them to work on the version of QBasic I had, and trying to figure out what to do to make them work was the best teacher I had.
It was amazing what you could accomplish in QBasic. As a child the possibilities were nearly endless and with the built in help it was so approachable.