[mrozbarry]

I'm a huge fan. I used to volunteer on allexperts.com to help people with QBasic stuff, before the dawn of stackoverflow and other probably more searchable places.

This is wonderful, and i'll have to check it out!

[thatha7777]

wow-- it's been very impressive and heartwarming to learn today that so many folks have fond QBasic memories and it evokes such a sense of community.

[mrozbarry]

I think it's because QBasic was, among many things, a bit of a bridging language.

- Basic had existed even before displays and keyboards were popular, so many software developers from that era could appreciate it.

- Microsoft included QBasic 1.1 for free with some of their operating systems.

- All things considered, it was fairly compatible (depending on what the code did) with GWBasic and even basic/basica from old IBM terminals.

- The language was also easy to understand which made it ideal for education

Probably among other points, this brought a pretty large and diverse group of people who loved programming together.