Hi,man.I wasnt much of a programmer myself,but after few weeks with darkbasic i write code myself!and not a simple 'hello world' but a 2d game.Maybe my next game will be 3d!
BASIC is one of the languages that is both simple and powerful.The only thing i cant imagine is to make an OS with BASIC.DarkBASIC is prolly the simplest way to make games,sadly only for windows.But anyway,i think you got tired by reading these sentences.What i wanted to say learn DarkBASIC,its damn easy.Heres the link to a lot of tutorials:
forum.thegamecreators.com/?m=forum_view&t=115633&b=7 .
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