In Brazil, one of the big universities at the south of the country teaches Pascal as the first language in the Computer Science course. And we use the compiler

In Brazil, one of the big universities at the south of the country teaches Pascal as the first language in the Computer Science course. And we use the compiler Free Pascal there. The language is very didactic and still good to beginners. The fact that Pascal isn't widely used is counted as a bonus, because this will force you to learn another language as soon as you get approved in the subject that teaches programming and basic algorithms.