Python is a good choice. I would argue that C, followed by C++, might have more applicability later on; a lot of languages are modeled on one of those two. Th

Python is a good choice. I would argue that C, followed by C++, might have more applicability later on; a lot of languages are modeled on one of those two. They also are lower level and so give you a more in-depth understanding of how memory allocation works.