Hi,
whether Basic or C or any other high level language-- you can see later--
i feel better you do some funda in assy language for gaining command over the chip and its intricacies.

after you fiish implementing few projects, you try to go foe bulk programming-- then you can start pacticing whichever HLL you like- cuz whetther apple orange, pineapple, leamon--it is taste for it and for example,

I try to argue in favorof a lanfguage, that i have been practicing and always i try try to put plus points of that-- but natural.

but you better have few projects developed in assy language -- it helps you