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Oh, how wonderful. I'd like to highlight how BASIC is still relevant, in a cute or retro kind of way in the form of Basic-256 & cheerful books, that might pass the nine year old test!

http://www.basic256.org/index_en

https://www.amazon.com/You-Want-Learn-Program-Second/dp/1494...

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