I see this sentiment a lot around here and while I agree that C should be one of the first languages people learn, I don't think that it should be the first. I

I see this sentiment a lot around here and while I agree that C should be one of the first languages people learn, I don't think that it should be the first. I started with Pascal in my first year CS course and then moved to C. Pascal with its clear structure (begin, end) but similar process to C was a good lead in, and I doubt going straight to C would have been anywhere near as helpful when learning programming from a base level of nothing.