Windows comes with vbscript built in. MacOS has Applescript, Python and a bunch more out of the box. Plus incredibly high quality languages, libraries and IDEs are just a few clicks away.
My daughters are learning VB.NET at school here in the UK, using Visual Studio for Mac and more recently Windows Visual Studio on a laptop. My eldest is setting break points, inspecting variables, etc like a pro. She loves it. They both started learning with Scratch. Plus there are a slew of virtual consoles out there very much like the home computers of old except faster and far more convenient, plus very affordable kits such as Raspberry Pi. It's never been better.
My daughters are learning VB.NET at school here in the UK, using Visual Studio for Mac and more recently Windows Visual Studio on a laptop. My eldest is setting break points, inspecting variables, etc like a pro. She loves it. They both started learning with Scratch. Plus there are a slew of virtual consoles out there very much like the home computers of old except faster and far more convenient, plus very affordable kits such as Raspberry Pi. It's never been better.