Dijkstra hated BASIC, too.

But you know what? The main obstacle for most people is getting off zero: like, did you know you can just tell the computer to DO THINGS FOR YOU?

Sure, you'll do it badly, for stupid reasons. Maybe they want to make a Minecraft mod or scrape a porn site.

I wanted to make arcade games. I never did: making the computer do more useful things while collaborating with brilliant people turned out to be joyous in a way I hadn't foreseen.