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By Mmiscool
#26839 Basic is simple. Powerful and dose just enough with out having to get too deep in the weeds.

I still use basic to this day as my main programming language. Never used c/c++ on a pc. Only used them for my arduino projects and now this basic interpreter .

There is some thing nice about being able to write a program with just a few lines of code and not have to worry about compiling it. Also procedural program being linear in nature is some thing I just like.

Nothing against any language here but needing to have a main loop and set up function just to print some thing on the screen is not my ideal cup of tea and is certainly not some that can be taught to young children.

Soon here I will be incorporating graphics commands using the html canvas element making it so that you can plot graphs, draw simple graphics and have the kind of fun you had as a kid making your computer do some thing useful.
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By dmpotter
#26850 I agree. I don't think it matters what's on someone's plate as long as they are eating dinner at home.

The more people who embrace the 8266, the better for us all.
To say why Basic, is to say why LUA. Personally, I wouldn't care if it was Korn Shell as long as I got the device to do what I needed it to do.

Just my opinion,