Is learning to program with QB64 worth it??

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If you are starting from scratch and picking up the basics of programming, is QB64 worth learning? or is it outdated in the programming world today?
I know there are easier programs but my understanding is that many of them will not teach you actual programming but how to use chunks of premade programs to build games???
If QB64 is not the way to go, what would to recommend?

QB64 is meant to be a modern rewrite of Microsoft's MS-DOS QBASIC 1.1 and QuickBasic 4.5 that runs on modern operating systems. Outside a niche hobby community, no one uses QBASIC and haven't for many, many years. QBASIC was a half-decent learning language back in maybe 1994 when MS-DOS 6.22 was the latest version, and Microsoft actually included it as part of the operating system.

I'd actually recommend Ruby. It's a modern dynamic programming language and can grow with you. Look at tutorials like Hackety Hack. Eric S. Raymond, who wrote the Jargon File, recommended Python. JavaScript isn't a bad start either; take a look at Codeacademy.

Thanks so much for your response. We were just given a book on programming with QB64 for preteens and I was wondering if it was worth trying. Your response answers that perfectly!
Will look up the suggested sites instead.