This is the right mindset. Language and idioms are important to teaching and learning. I see people using python to teach/learn something like array iteration

This is the right mindset. Language and idioms are important to teaching and learning. I see people using python to teach/learn something like array iteration and do for i in range(len(my_list)): print(my_list[i]) What they have done, is conflated the implementation they think is computer sciencey from learning C, and the essence of list iteration. Python is a great language for learning about iteration: for item in my_list: print(item) Here it's much closer to the essence of the lesson. C is good for teaching about array indexing in the loop and exposing how the loop variable is reused: for ( int i = 0; i < myArraySize; i += 1 ) { printf("%d\n", myArray[i]); } If you're trying to understand something in programming or through programming, there are right languages for the job, and it's a tricky affair.