I don't think it /has/ to be C. Having done even a semester of any type of assembly (not just part of a class) is probably enough. Other /low level/ languages

I don't think it /has/ to be C. Having done even a semester of any type of assembly (not just part of a class) is probably enough. Other /low level/ languages like Forth (Imagine you /only/ had assembly, and wanted to build something a /little/ less painful) could probably work too.