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Why not assembly language? Learn a simple one in a simulator (like 6502 or 8080).

• fixermark 8y ago
  There's some charm to it, but in general, assembly languages is far too low level to solve much of any interesting problem (unless the problems one is interested in are in the domain of "How do I reduce this compiler to an assembly implementation so I can use this language on a specific piece of hardware?"). So you may run into some real challenges retaining student interest. But I think it's a good suggestion; I certainly learned a bit from learning Apple's assembly on the ][c that I hadn't encountered elsewhere.
• sys_64738 8y ago
  Assembler is too terse whereas C has the right balance of readability versus usability. 6502 is tedious due to only 3 registers.