My opinion differs - learning how memory is accessed via assembly language will make it super easy to understand e.g. how C pointers actually work, something which can be surprisingly difficult for those who go directly to a high level (compared to assembly) language, but very easy if you come from machine code/assembly.

Depends on learning goals, as BASIC teaches people some really bad habits.

They say "one always ends up coding in whatever your first language was... regardless of what language you are using".

People could always bring up the BASIC software Rom at the end of the build if interest arises after learning how a simple computer works. =3

https://github.com/chelsea6502/BeebEater