Not really, I dont have any real need to. BASIC holds a special place in my heart as it is where I started in 1979....ish. However, I have very little reason to use it now. There are better and more powerful options today.
I teach kids to program via an after school robotics club and Python is so much easier and more powerful than BASIC ever was.
Occasionally I get nostalgic and break out a BASIC and its fun for a bit but I quickly realize how clunky the language really is.
I agree, BASIC is a novelty and it holds a very special place in my heart. I first started programming in BASIC around 1979 and I used it to do so many things. In the mid-80's as a teenager I wrote my own BBS system on my C64 for it. I loved BASIC.
However, today there are far better languages that are easier and are better introductions to programming for beginners. Of those, Python is my favorite.
I teach kids to program via an after school robotics club and Python is so much easier and more powerful than BASIC ever was.
Occasionally I get nostalgic and break out a BASIC and its fun for a bit but I quickly realize how clunky the language really is.