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by shermantanktop 585 days ago
Assembly? Sure, that has some educational value.

BASIC? That’s just nostalgia for poverty.
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leoc 584 days ago
Not entirely. GOTO can be pretty nice! And even the lack of structs probably has the advantage of helping to prepare you for today's world where column-major is back in style, for performance reasons.
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