@Ajz@mastodon.nl my impression is that people who start with a high-level language rarely get comfortable with a low-level one, but the reverse is not true. If you start out with Java or Python, pointers will intimidate you from learning C, but if you first get comfortable with C, the others won't scare you.

It's similar for learning to drive - unless your first car had a manual transmission, there will always be reasons you can justify an automatic as "good enough" and put off learning later.