I learned programming started with BASIC. First time trying Pascal, I felt it was too verbose. But after using it for a while, I'm okay with it.
I first learned BASIC on a TRS-80 Model 1, and then on a TRS-80 Model 4.
Then I learned BASIC on the C64, then assembler on the C64. That was cool stuff.
Then I finally learned BASIC and Pascal on a DEC PDP-11/44. I was in heaven with Pascal.
I later learned BASIC on the PC, including QuickBasic, but my favorite BASIC was actually AmigaBASIC, written by Microsoft.
I dabbled in VisualBasic, VisualC and others, but by then I was an infrastructure guy. I came back in search of Pascal around 2012 when I wanted to write a couple utilities for myself, and didn't like the C options (C,. C++, C#). I found FreePascal and have been happy since...