> That's a weird sentiment to hold, that less expressive languages should be used to spark interest.

Maybe you felt you had to jump in and defend high level languages, and maybe slash the other guy's tires on the way out, but this reads as trollish. Plenty of people working in C find it plenty expressive. Is it "more" or "less" expressive to choose to express different things? I don't think so. This comes off as uninformed C bashing, sadly very common and accepted around here.

The rest of your comment, that it is good for learning or as a first language, makes more sense to me.