[kls]

So long as it has a C compiler it would be fine, the big point is that you want to manage memory as you want to understand how the memory and the hardware is managed. I personally like to have people learn by doing and then read the theory afterwards. For me at least the theory sticks better after someone has witnesses it. My recommendation was because you said that you want to learn computer science and to me that is the best way to do it. If you just want to learn how to program then my recommendation would be entirely different. But if you want to learn computer science then getting closer to the hardware will help you see the theory. To get closer to the hardware their is no better language than C, well you can do Assembly but at least with C you can learn higher order software only concepts that would be difficult to learn in Assembly.

[fuzzypickle]

Got it. I'm already looking into it.