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

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-----Original message-----
From: Carla Schroder <carla at bratgrrl.com>
To: courses at linuxchix.org, techtalk at linuxchix.org, announce at linuxchix.org,  
newchix at linuxchix.org
Sent: Sat, Jan 28, 2012 23:15:59 GMT+00:00
Subject: [Newchix] 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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541-932-4817 PT
carla at tuxcomputing.com
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