My college taught us pascal and x86 asm before teaching us C. I think that was perfect because "bookending" it with a high-level language and a low-level one h

My college taught us pascal and x86 asm before teaching us C. I think that was perfect because "bookending" it with a high-level language and a low-level one helped put C in perspective nicely. Knowing asm definitely helped to demystify pointers in C, which is usually a stumbling block for novice programmers.