Stack Exchange sign up log in careers 2.0 Stack Overflow Questions Tags Tour Users Ask Question Tell me more × Stack Overflow is a question and answer site for professional and enthusiast programmers. It's 100% free, no registration required. Why is GW-BAS IC still taught in schools? [closed] up vote 6 down vote favorite I dunno about USA and the UK, but in India, schools still teach GW-BASIC. Yes, it's: 10 PRINT "HELLO WORLD" 20 GOTO 10 As far as my experience goes, even writing assembler is easier than this mess of a language. It could easily be replaced by something like Python, which would make it easier for students to actually understand the basic concepts of programming and help them to understand the logic behind what they're doing better. gw-basic share|improve this question edited Apr 5 '12 at 14:25 casperOne♦ 45.9k976144 asked Oct 2 '09 at 18:35 aviraldg 4,0301437