Perhaps use GO or RUST? Also, I think pascal is great (I use it professionally/Delphi) and the way how pointer and raw code is used is not scary.
(Btw neither Go nor Rust have all-caps names.)
Ask HN: How do I learn C and C++ when I love high-level languages?
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Re: Ask HN: How do I learn C and C++ when I love high-level languages?
#62C/C++ didn't truly click for me until I had learned assembler. (Helped my understanding of every other language too.)
Assembly didn't really click for me until I learned computer architecture :p You can always go one level down, but I would hardly say you need assembly for c or c++.
Haha :) True, so I propose adding computer architecture to the things to learn about. Not because I think it is NEEDED but because It was a great benefit in my experience. Just a little goes a long way.