Counterpoint: Beginners should use C just long enough to be traumatized by "Segmentation Fault (core dumped).", so that they can appreciate the affordances that

Counterpoint: Beginners should use C just long enough to be traumatized by "Segmentation Fault (core dumped).", so that they can appreciate the affordances that higher level languages offer (but hopefully not long enough that they run away from the whole subject)