title: Why is GW-BASIC still taught in schools?
body: <p>I dunno about USA and the UK, but in India, schools still teach GW-BASIC. Yes, it's:</p>
  
  <pre><code>10 PRINT "HELLO WORLD"
  20 GOTO 10
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>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.</p>