Originally Posted by
frog
C/C++ are good languages for aspiring programmers because most of the languages you will learn along the way are in one way or another based on C/C++. I will admit that low-level programming definitely takes longer to get the hang of than high-level languages like Python, but once you do get it, you will be able to apply the concepts to everything, not to mention that learning other languages will be a breeze. I recently got a book on Javascript and didn't need to read half of it, because it was identical to the C++ I already knew!