Why I love programming on FreeDOS with GW-BASIC

When I was growing up, it seemed every “personal computer” from the TRS-80 to the Commodore to the Apple let you write your own programs in the Beginners[he]#039[/he] All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code (BASIC) programming language. Our family had a clone of the Apple II called the Franklin ACE 1000, which—as a clone—also ran AppleSoft BASIC. I took to AppleSoft BASIC right away and read books and magazines to teach myself about BASIC programming.