We don't do that, mostly because many communities cargo cult C and C++, so unless you have a companies like Apple, Microsoft and Google stepping in and asserting "this is how we do it now if you want to play on our platform".
Arguably with their push for Swift and Java/Kotlin, Apple and Google are much forward than Microsoft on this matter, given that .NET tends to suffer from WinDev worshiping C++ and COM.
You can get that BASIC experience nowadays when playing with uLisp, MicroPython and similar environments for embedded platforms, most of them more powerful than 16-bit home computers.
Arguably with their push for Swift and Java/Kotlin, Apple and Google are much forward than Microsoft on this matter, given that .NET tends to suffer from WinDev worshiping C++ and COM.
You can get that BASIC experience nowadays when playing with uLisp, MicroPython and similar environments for embedded platforms, most of them more powerful than 16-bit home computers.