@ianturton @nyrath @n1xnx @TerryHancock

40ish years ago I was assisting one of my elders (semi famous) with his second ever C program.
I looked it over and asked him if his first language was FORTRAN, as his C had a pronounced 'accent'. (Yes)

I may have avoided the brain damage oft attributed to both BASIC&FORTRAN (a) by the TA teaching flowcharts being clued on evolving Structured Programming (b) by doing both (& FOCAL) in quick succession after reading a PL/I book from remainders pile.