Oh definitely! Some of my earliest memories were my dad helping me type in basic programs that were listed in the popular COMPUTE! magazine back in the day.

  10 PRINT "YOU'RE DEFINITELY GOING TO GET FATIGUED"
  20 PRINT "AFTER A FEW HUNDRED LINES OF TYPING THIS"
  30 PRINT "IN AND MAKE A MISTAKE. HAVE FUN!"
  40 PRINT CHR$(7)