As if I needed more reason to believe that C should absolutely not be the first language taught in CS programs (sadly my alma mater still disagrees). I think I'

As if I needed more reason to believe that C should absolutely not be the first language taught in CS programs (sadly my alma mater still disagrees). I think I'm gonna have nightmares. Of course, C isn't taught like this over there, but the point is that C gives you way too much rope to hang yourself with, and that's if you're an experienced developer, let alone a college freshman. Sure, the argument can be made that screwing up as a freshman helps you learn in a way that doesn't compromise your career, but I believe that quite a few of my classmates wouldn't have given up on programming altogether had they not been thrown at C right away. I myself didn't learn to love programming until I tried less spartan languages.