About basic?
C is quite an easy language to learn, there are only 26 keywords. Easier than basic, which is just that, Basic! C is the standard language of embedded programing, if you want a future in micros, learn C.
You will never look back. They are worlds apart, C is both a high level language and a low level language,
it has power, beauty and elegance. A good working C program reads like poetry! The whole of the Unix operating system is written in C, Linux is written in C, 99.9% of M$ Windows is written in C. Brian Kernighan and Dennis Ritchie are Gods!