I dont want to do Python yet

That was going to to be my answer. There really isn't a language that is easier to learn than Python. I really don't understand what you would want to do before Python. Maybe something like javascript could be easier, but I consider that to barely qualify as a full programing language. It certainly isn't as useful as Python.

Relevant xkcd

The easier way to phrase is is "the highest power in the prime factorisation." For example: 28=7⋅2², so the highest power is 2. Indeed, 28 in binary is 11100. The highest number of ending zeros also always occurs in a prime number basis. Although that number does not need to be unique to one basis. For example 36=3³⋅2², so it ends in two zeros in both basis two (36₁₀=100100₂) and basis three (36₁₀=1100₃).

Well, yes. Integers only, and integer bases only.

Since 10_x is by definition x¹+0 this is indeed very obvious. This also implies that it is possible to write any number in such a way that it ends in a zero. Now, the more interesting thing to think about is, given an integer n, what is the maximum number of zeros you can make it end with by picking an appropriate basis?

The stupidity is almost palpable.

Might want to add some of MIT's OCW course.

Or make a bookmark. Do many people still make bookmarks?

After seeing this other post, I'm convinced she is.

Looks like a shitty version of C at this point

That's the tl;dr for many programming languages (including Go, indeed).

Trendy at the moment, certainly. But having a real future as a serious programming language? I doubt it.

I'm starting to get the impression that there will be a generation switch of browsers in the near future. The current generation of Firefox, Chrome, Opera, are all going down the drain right now. I can see in a couple of years Brave and Otter taking over (maybe some others too, like Iron).

I thought "Feminist Software Foundation" and C+= were a parody?

Where you should begin when learning programming is not the same as what the most versatile language is. In theory, any language that is Turing complete has exactly the same capabilities. What language is most suitable in a given situation always depends on the case. But even that is not the same as what the best first language is to learn. I'd say a good order is to start with Python, then C, Java, Perl, and end up learning the One True Language: LISP.

Did anyone think they were??

Well, you do give some explanation of how it could in theory be done, which I think is correct. This PhD thesis might be interesting.

Wanting freedom while working with Apple products... right.

This has some nice explanations, but I don't think it's really "high-level" C programming.