[Courses] [Newchix] new course: Absolute Beginning C Programming

[Piper Lesley]

I'm in as well! I'm just getting into C++ for my degree and I would love to
have a better understanding of other languages.  And just to throw it out
there, I'd be game for a PHP one as well. I know a teeny, tiny bit of PHP,
but haven't gone further.

Piper

On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 2:58 PM, Carla Schroder <carla at bratgrrl.com> wrote:

> Hey all,
>
> I've been going back and refreshing my moldy old C coding skills, which is
> a
> golden opportunity to launch a Linuxchix course for coding and C beginners.
>
> Why C, you may ask? Why not something new and shiny like Python or Ruby or
> PHP
> or some rock star codey thingy? I'll tell you why-- because C is a
> fundamental
> language and it gets into gnarly stuff the glossy newcomers shine over and
> hide
> away.  If you develop a decent grasp of C you will have useful knowledge
> that
> will serve you well for many different languages, and you won't fall into
> dumb
> attitudes like "It's ok to be inefficient and sloppy because everyone has
> quad-
> core computers anyway" or "I have no idea why it's doing this, but oh well
> who
> cares."
>
> I'll use gcc, the GNU compiler collection. There are many compilers and I
> don't want to teach many compilers, I want to give literal specific
> examples
> with gcc instead of forcing you to figure it out on your own. gcc is fine
> and
> when you get to know it fairly well then you can try out others, and
> engage in
> fun flamewars over which one is best.
>
> Absolute Beginning C Programming starts Sunday Feb. 5. All you have to do
> is
> subscribe to the Courses list. See you there!
>
> http://mailman.linuxchix.org/mailman/listinfo/courses
>
> Carla
>
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