Thus, anyone who learns a first language other than Java is setting himself up for failure? My first language was Basic on an Atari 800. My second was C++. I

Thus, anyone who learns a first language other than Java is setting himself up for failure? My first language was Basic on an Atari 800. My second was C++. I've made a respectable career from programming since then, in both serious and "lite" languages alike, including Java. I seem to have avoided these dire consequences. :-)