The BASIC source code was fundamental to the early era of home computing as the foundation of many of Commodore's computers.
Your career goals and personal interests should guide your choice of a first programming language, not just what’s popular.
I started programming in .NET back in the days of .NET 1.0 beta 1. Transitioning from Visual Basic was a big deal, and there was a lot of excitement around .NET! Things have gone a very long way since ...
UPDATE March 8, 2021: This repository is no longer under development. Together with Mike Kestemont and Allen Riddell, I have published a much more comprehensive book about processing humanities data ...