Joel Spolsky wrote a blog post about this a while back, about the advantages of starting off with a language that is less mystified but harder to grasp like C/S

Joel Spolsky wrote a blog post about this a while back, about the advantages of starting off with a language that is less mystified but harder to grasp like C/Scheme over one that might be more beginner friendly: https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2005/12/29/the-perils-of-javaschools-2/ https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2005/12/29/the-perils-of-java...