I like your hypothesis. Maybe I'll campaign to get BASIC material on Khan Academy ;)
Only semi-kidding.
Only semi-kidding.
So we're teaching a bit of history along with some coding skills. Down the road we're going to add additional 'dialects' such as Apple LOGO, and Atari, Sinclair and Commodore BASICs, but the Apple II version will be out soon -- I'll be sure to mention it on here when we release it =)