[Courses] [C] Greetings C Programmers

[Anca M. Holban]

 Thanks, Laura :)

On Tue, 8 Oct 2002, Laura Bowser wrote:

> As for learning C, if you learn pascal, you're on the road to learning C.
> they're similar types of languages, just different syntax.
> 
> So, as you're learning pascal in class, find a good C book, and try to figure 
> out what the syntax would be in C to do the exact same thing.  
> 
> programming craps, little programs that "don't do anything" are the easiest 
> way to teach beginning programmers one or two constructs at a time.  
> Theoretically, what your instructor should be teaching you is the algorithms 
> and process of writing a program - it doesn't matter what language it's in.  
> Once you've learned the "how" to program, you can program in any similar 
> language (in this case procedural languages like pascal, C, perl)
> 
> one note: in C, you have to deal with memory directly, unlike pascal.  so this 
> may be slightly more complicated at first.  
> 
> Laura
> 
> 
> On Tuesday 08 October 2002 10:22 am, Anca M. Holban wrote:
> >    Hello, I'm Anca, a 17 years old student in computer science. I'm
> > also a beginner in C and yes, i am *frustrated* :)
> >    At school they teach as Pascal, but i think that C is a more flexible
> > language, a professional one. I'm very interested in learning C, but i
> > don`t know where to start and where i should stop. And I think in most
> > cases i learn many things that i don't *need* (craps). So this course of C
> > may be like a salvation boat for me ;o).
> >    I hope to hear news about this course and let's hope that not everyone
> > is a guru in C :) There may be beginners (like me) out there.
> >
> > 	peace ;)
> >
> > > Are there any other "beginning" C programmers on this list, still
> > > interested in learning the C programming language?  I still tinker
> > > with C, and would be interested in getting a study group together
> > > if there is enough interest.  The latest textbook project I've
> > > worked on (myself) is from the Deitel&Deitel _C How To Program 2E_
> > > textbook.
> >
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