yes, english is very old, and a huge part of the world still uses it. However it is evolving all the time, so learning old english first does not help you talk with people.
I guess learning C is a cool way to spend you free time if you have nothing else to do. I still kind of want to learn ASM for 68000, but put it off becasue other than having fun there is no use I can think of.
Like I said before I suck at coding, but if I have an issue I can usualy get it resolved.
Enjoy Mel's c homework, wonder if there would be half of the attention is she where a fat guy. LOL!
here is my take on it.
C, if you want to learn the ART of programing
Python, if you need to get the job done.