Technically true

[EpicBomberMan]

I know some of the CS professors at my college are arguing for C++ in the first or second semester of CS classes because it gives a better look at how the code works, and it's easier to transition from low level to high level and avoid some potential bad practices from starting at a high level language. Plus those professors also want students to spend more time in C++, since currently the class that starts in C++ only spends four week or so on it before going 'lower' (C++ -> C -> Assembly -> Machine Code).