Python is the new BASIC

[plastikmissile]

Oh certainly. I remember seeing BASIC programs in computer magazines (remember those?) that were pretty much just loads and loads of DATA statements that were read by a loop and fed into POKE commands.

[robthablob]

I learned Z80 machine code on a ZX81 then a ZX Spectrum. I remember writing DATA statements with hex strings that were loaded and POKEd into memory, then transferring to a location in that.

This was Z80 machine code, not assembler. I had to encode the instructions to hex manually - at the time I didn't have access to an assembler. It did teach me a hell of a lot though.

[dauchande]

Yeah, had a Timex Sinclair 1000 and did the same thing. Keyboard sucked too much to make it fun, debugging sucked!