I still prefer Python as the first language someone learns. Especially in a school environment where someone is trying to decide majors, starting off in C might

I still prefer Python as the first language someone learns. Especially in a school environment where someone is trying to decide majors, starting off in C might be too much to grasp. It might be a turn off for the person where as in Python can get students up and running quickly and able to produce some really cool things (games (pygame), a twitter like app (using google app engine), etc. I'd rather get someone excited about CS first then go back and teach them the important inner workings such as memory management, pointers, heap v. stack, etc.