AMOS BASIC
Shares rank 149 of 163 programming languages by recommenders
People recommend AMOS as a fun, approachable BASIC that is much easier than C or assembly and often got them into programming.
People recommend AMOS as a fun, approachable BASIC that is much easier than C or assembly and often got them into programming.
5 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 6 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 6 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Got people into programming
“it is what got me seriously into programming in the first place”
Comment from 17 Jul 2026 in “MoonBASIC: A modern BASIC for building 2D and 3D games” “expose them to programming through AMOS or Blitz Basic”
Comment from 26 Oct 2026 in “Amazon’s “digital pacifier” for toddlers”
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See all 163 programming languages, rankedWhat people said
5 of the 6 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“expose them to programming through AMOS or Blitz Basic”
“it is what got me seriously into programming in the first place”
“AMOS was also another beloved alternative on the Amiga.”
“vastly easier than C or assembly”
“or the Amos basic icon, there was just so much opportunity for fun.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.