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I considered saying the same thing about bash, but its really missing a big portion of what made BASIC exciting on those machines. That is the ability to draw graphics. Some of the other scripting languages with Tk linking might count though.

Frankly, I'm convinced javascript is the modern equivalent to BASIC. It is even complete with some horrible brain rotting syntax. But, it does provide both an easy barrier to entry (everyone has a web browser), the ability to show your results to others, and the fact that it remains in source form allows beginners to examine how something was achieved.