BASIC
Actually – and I *hate* to say this, modula being what it is (yech)…. but
he'd be MUCH better off learning modula than pascal, which is, besides a long
list of adjectives we'll skip for now, obsolete and incomplete as a language.
At least Modula has a complete view of the world, like C does. Of course, *I*
feel he should learn C, and stay away from languages like basic, modula, and
pascal entirely. but…. :^)