Perl

I've started learning Perl as my first programming language. I'm planning to get that (mainly) mastered and then move onto C. Is this a good idea y/n? Unfortunately I'm also having to learn python at some point too, for blender-related things (I didn't really like it very much when I tried it).

Also, I'm taking a computing course next year. The guy said we'd be learning a programming language which ended in the sound "ell". What is it likely to be? I have a terrible memory. Would it be a good idea to learn the basics of it by myself first?

Perl has the vast majority of all the dynamic languages jobs after PHP. It is an infrastructure language that is not going away. Anyone who says otherwise is pretty well a hype-ster. Remember the only people making money off ruby are people who sell ruby educational products, ruby books and ruby training.