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Ooble · Jan 22nd, 2006, 2:17 PM

I wouldn't say so. BASIC, unlike every other language apart from Assembly that is still in common use, encourages GOTOs. There's a reason they're discouraged: spaghetti code. I would never recommend learning BASIC to anyone - it's not used any more in commercial situations, so there isn't even any financial gain to be had from it.

para · Jan 22nd, 2006, 3:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Ooble

I wouldn't say so. BASIC, unlike every other language apart from Assembly that is still in common use, encourages GOTOs. There's a reason they're discouraged: spaghetti code. I would never recommend learning BASIC to anyone - it's not used any more in commercial situations, so there isn't even any financial gain to be had from it.

BASIC has function support - GOTO is normally not needed (although, like C, it can be used).

Klipt · Jan 23rd, 2006, 1:06 AM

BASIC has changed a lot since Dijkstra wrote that - VB.NET is (apparently) almost a real language. Or as I read somewhere, C# dressed to look like BASIC.

Ooble · Jan 23rd, 2006, 5:28 AM

I wasn't talking about VB .NET. As you say, it's simply verbose C#. I would definitely advise against VB 6 and lower though.

Jan 22nd, 2006, 2:17 PM	#11
Ooble I eat cake for breakfast. Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: In my box. Posts: 4,434 Rep Power: 9	I wouldn't say so. BASIC, unlike every other language apart from Assembly that is still in common use, encourages GOTOs. There's a reason they're discouraged: spaghetti code. I would never recommend learning BASIC to anyone - it's not used any more in commercial situations, so there isn't even any financial gain to be had from it. __________________ Me :: You :: Them

Jan 23rd, 2006, 1:06 AM	#13
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Jan 23rd, 2006, 5:28 AM	#14
Ooble I eat cake for breakfast. Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: In my box. Posts: 4,434 Rep Power: 9	I wasn't talking about VB .NET. As you say, it's simply verbose C#. I would definitely advise against VB 6 and lower though. __________________ Me :: You :: Them

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