I would recommend Pascal because it was a common language to learn after BASIC, was a structured language and is relatively easy compared to other languages of the time period. You can also find many versions of it for many microcomputers. On Thu, Jan 19, 2017 at 1:52 AM, Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
I've come to what is left of my senses: I am not remotely qualified to learn assembly.
Sticking with BASIC for now. There is much left for me to learn in this language.
New fork for this discussion: someday, if I ever have bunches of free time (ha!), maybe I should learn another high-level language. I now realize that could be any number of choices: C, COBOL, Forth, Fortran, Pascal, Java, and others .... which would be easiest for a liberal arts person like me to transition into from BASIC, and which would best serve me as a tour guide at the museum?
-- Jeff Brace - ark72axow@gmail.com