What's your goal? Why do you want to learn a "lower level" language? Do you have experience in "higher level" languages? I would say that a better approach in

What's your goal? Why do you want to learn a "lower level" language? Do you have experience in "higher level" languages? I would say that a better approach in your case is to start by saying "I want to write programs to solve problems like XXXX", or "I want to learn a language that lands me a job doing YYYY". For example, if you want to: - build network services -> golang - fiddle with OS level stuff (schedulers, memory management, etc.) -> C - write high performance calculation/simulation programs -> julia - get a nice solid base that can cover most of the above and has a promising future -> rust Nim, D, V, Zig are very niche and I wouldn't recommend as a first "lower level" language (because you'll have a harder time finding answers, and they won't give you clear benefits over the other options in any problem space). C++ is... huge. Modern C++ is a fine language, but you'll have to learn a lot to be able to handle it.