> As ugly, malformed, and abused as basic is, I think it is the best
> language to teach to 5th graders.

I very much doubt that you should teach programming to that level, but
if I had to I would choose (or at least start with) a simple subset (no
arrays, no procedures/functions, just one iteration construct). Now it
does not matter much which language you choose, basic, pascal, or maybe
even C. The compiler implementation (especially the accuracy of the
error messages) will be much more important.

Wouter van Ooijen

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