[Courses] new course: Absolute Beginning C Programming

[Rio]

I'm in.  Been trying to learn in the past but didn't progress much.  Hoping
this time Carla's coaching will make a big difference on me.

Cheers!

Rio

On Sun, Jan 29, 2012 at 9:06 AM, Ehud Kaldor <ehud.kaldor at gmail.com> wrote:

> +1
> I'm in.
>  On Jan 28, 2012 3:21 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
> >
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > Carla Schroder, ace Linux guru and howto author
> > 541-932-4817 PT
> > carla at tuxcomputing.com
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