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

[Andes help Info]

Sounds like an outstanding opportunity and maybe some fun.  I'll try to keep
up.

Ande

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Sent: Saturday, January 28, 2012 5:59 PM
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Subject: [Techtalk] new course: Absolute Beginning C Programming

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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carla at tuxcomputing.com
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