Though I agree to most of what you said, for learning algorithms you need not think about low level memory management.

I had used CLRS many times to explain algorithms to non-CS students and collaborators ( who almost always preferred dynamically typed scripting languages like python and to be honest were scared of ints and floats ). At the same-time some of them were very good in algorithm design, and came up with clever (algorithmic) ways to solve the problem at hand much more efficiently.