I think learning Rust first - and then possibly C - is a better plan for your background of python and matlab. I think it can be difficult to appreciate C when

I think learning Rust first - and then possibly C - is a better plan for your background of python and matlab. I think it can be difficult to appreciate C when coming from the higher-level languages, and so while it may be easy to get along with it, it won't really change how you think about code... My opinion would be different if you had done no programming before, then I'd say start with C, then Rust.