> C Well some procedural language would do the trick. The main issue is see is people jumping straight into OO or functional programming and developing a habi

> C Well some procedural language would do the trick. The main issue is see is people jumping straight into OO or functional programming and developing a habit of over-abstracting everything. I think something like Odin which is purely procedural but has less historical cruft and offers modern affordances would be a great choice. C is absolutely worth learning but students will spent a lot of time learning to cope with its sharp corners and subpar standard library. Some might give up before they discover the joys for programming.