I wouldnt say AmigaBasic was that bad, yes by todays standards, but in 1990 thats all I had on My A500 to program with.
It was free it came with it. Abacus did some great books on it of which I bought 3.
My A-Level Computer Science project was coded in it...
Got me into University so i guess i have fond memories of using it... Disk swaping was a pain.