[geeks] Introductory programming language?

[Bob]

 On 09/01/11, Lionel Peterson<lionel4287 at gmail.com> wrote:BASIC was
taught as a novelty, there was almost no expectation that BASIC
students would ever learn a second language or program professionally...

Serious students learned other languages, which varied, based on what
decade
you were in college...

Lionel

When I did take COBOL in that local college, I had to take BASIC first. 
It was not a novelty, it was a prerequisite.

Bob