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You will lose that feeling after 30 years. I have no special place for ZX Spectrum Basic anymore.

@gaius: You love it in a way that you do projects with them now? That you would choose it over something "better" (Z80,68k assembler?)?

Or do you love the nostalgia, the feeling you had when you were programming your first computer and BBC Basic is a token for that which evokes this feeling?

Because I also have fond memories and a warm glow from ZX Spectrums and Amstrad CPCs. But I do not love Z80 assembler or Locomotive Basic.

... Whereas I still love BBC BASIC and 6502 assembly. Some things are classics that will never go out of style.

I got to use a BBC when everyone else was using PCs but I still love BBC BASIC. Never got as far as 6502, but I still have the manuals and James Watts' book on BBC programming somewhere. Really really good stuff; good to see another BBC appreciator here on HN.

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