<p>at my school all freshman take intro to programming (not a CS course, one of 2 “engr” courses) and it’s c++ and matlab. my professor taught c++ first then matlab (not a very difficult transition) at the very end, and i wish we would’ve used matlab more. it seems much more useful.</p>
<p>so, i would say to start c++/matlab since that’s what my school thinks all freshman should have some knowledge in.</p>