On: 30 years later, QBasic is still the best

[smilekzs]

I am curious what's there to stop a kid from starting a Jupyter notebook (or even Mathematica with all the FullSnakeCaseNames) and firing away? Sure it isn't complex at least wrt. the basics (pun intended)?

[dragonbonheur → smilekzs]

Grandpas know BASIC and they can teach any version of it to their grandkids in under 2 weeks tops, they don't necessarily know Jupyter notebooks or Mathematica (how much does that cost these days?).

[jgamman → dragonbonheur]

$250 for home use or free in browser via the learning lab

[qznc → smilekzs]

Most kids want to make a game though.