[Jon Stratis]

Originally Posted by BigJ

Programming is more about the thought process and problem solving than the syntax. That being said, a controller without some sort of C-like language would probably be a very low possibility.

While this is true (I've been programming longer than any student on my team has been alive, so I'm very familiar with process vs syntax, and have probably forgotten more languages than any student on my team actually knows), the syntax is usually a major hurdle for beginner programmers. There are also some significant structural differences between many languages that can provide serious problems for students if they try to switch. What if you're used to Call by Reference being the default in one language, then switch over to Call by Value in another? Someone who has only had a year or two of limited experience with one language would have trouble switching their thoughts over to the new paradigm.