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I would click on several.
I agree with the comment below about teaching first how to "think computer wise".
I partially agree with Java, but I would not specially say basic. Maybe C#?
But once the people get practice with the algorithm and the "how computer thinks", I would send them to program PLCs for a while, so they really have to learn how to come with creative solutions out of limited resources.
My senior always tells me how refreshing is to brainstorm with me, because I see things so differently (I was almost 10 years in industry automation with PLC and Robot-arms) and come with ideas that he would have never thought about and are actually way simpler than what he would have done.
I don't say people would have to get the same path than me, but I do think that just a year of professional automation can really improve the way one approaches the software development.
After that... programming at will.
M.D.V. 
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Quote: I don't say people would have to get the same path than me, but I do think that just a year of professional automation can really improve the way one approaches the software development.
Hi Nelek,
or the other way round ...
My Profession is also Industrial Automation and I must say that the Knowledge about PC-Programming improved my PLC-Programms very much.
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Pay attention to the whole text... I said to start with PC, then PLC (and then back to PC implied)
I started with C and a bit of assembly, then Borland C++ Builder, PICs and PALs, contact plans and Petri nets back then during college.
Then I was a while using Visual C++ 6.
After that the PLC / Robotic years
Then a couple of years in a weird mix of several things related to tech but not really developing.
Now back to C++ and started C# as junior developer to help with a software that interacts with PLCs (where I am the senior).
I enjoy our brainstorming sessions too, because my colleague is really open to new things and analyzes all my ideas. He has even discarded a couple of his to adopt my approaches. Our talks are really productive, interesting and funny at the same time.
Pity is... I have been assigned to another things for immediate / middle future 
M.D.V.
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title says
M.D.V.
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What about rating each language ?
For beginner I would promote languages with least oddities to let student concentrate on learning programming, algorithms, not being caught on language weirdness.
Ok on Basic and Java.
No C/C++ because of manual memory management and pointers.
No Python because of indentation.
Patrice
“Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler.” Albert Einstein
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I love the indentation-defines-scope feature of Python 
Cheers,
Vikram.
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The problem is when the newbie copy/paste a piece of code in another position with another level of indentation.
Patrice
“Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler.” Albert Einstein
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Well now, that'll be an effective lesson on the dangers of copy/pasting code, won't it? Those are the kinds of valuable lessons that budding programmers must learn, and usually the hard way!
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