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It's nice Basic is still around. But SmileBasic is far, far more interesting: http://www.smileboom.com/product_nintendo3ds.php#01

Basic should be fun to learn, and being able to program the 3DS - with a nice library of game-ish sprites and sounds - gets you to fun a lot faster.

That does look pretty interesting. Here's the english-language page with examples: http://smilebasic.com/en/

Wish I had this when I learned to program :-)

Edit: and this hilarious video with english subtitles! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgnAmLwtP6Q