hey everyone

[Saviour]

Now I know I'm old...

I haven't seen Basic since the 80's...brings back memories of hours upon hours of coding.  I miss it...NOT!!!

I remember the days of using a Commodore 64 and typing in pages of code in order to play a game of Chess.  If the program failed initialization, or there were graphic problems...I remember spending hours just to debug it.  You have to realize...I was younger then and easily amused...

Oh, look!  A butterfly....

[Dilbert]

Not batch
Qbasic 
I learned it from a book 
Its quite easy
(Though, VERY outdated. I downloaded a abandonware version of the compiler from MS since you cant buy it anymore)

You don't need an abandonware version...

http://www.freebasic.net/

[Zylstra]

I will check that link out this evening, Dilbert
Thanks
(Applaud)

[Dilbert]

Funny... if you search for "free x alternative" (no quotes) on Google, you'll get all the software you'll ever need. Case in point:

Free Nero alternative:
CDBurnerXP Pro - Free Burning Solution

Free Visual Studio alternative:
SharpDevelop2

Free Microsoft Office alternative:
OpenOffice

Free Photoshop alternative:
Paint.NET
GIMP

Free QuickTime alternative:
QuickTime Alternative

Enjoy the free stuff.

[Carbon Dudeoxide]

Batch is really easy to learn. I'm going to look at qbasic but i'm learning C++ now.
A lot of free time these few weeks