[Noisebridge-discuss] Recommendations for learning C?
jim
jim at well.com
Fri Mar 9 23:20:41 UTC 2012
how's your assembler on *nix?
On Fri, 2012-03-09 at 14:35 -0700, bandit wrote:
> I happen to be a C expert (30+ years, well over a million LOC as a guess).
> I am glad to answer C questions when I am at NB on Saturdays.
> (I am the guy with one hand.)
>
> I recommend "Learn C in 21 days" over the white book.
> The white book (K&R 2) is the absolute best piece of tech writing I have
> ever seen,
> but for a beginner, "21 days" is better - it breaks the pieces down better.
>
> ... bandit
>
>
> >
> >
> > Great! I've been lonely in there the last several
> > weeks. Note that Robert is finishing up his SQL class
> > at 6 PM and tends to run over. We can deal with that.
> > Note also that the format is specified as "study
> > group" rather than class. The idea is that we're all
> > humbly studying along trying to help each other; the
> > class format is that some one person goes blah blah...
> > and everybody else has to shut up and listen.
> > In fact, mostly the C part of things has been a
> > class, but that's entirely negotiable per your (and
> > anyone-else-who-shows-up's) wishes.
> > You've got access to a linux computer, yes?
> >
> >
> >
> > On Thu, 2012-03-08 at 12:03 -0800, Robert Chu wrote:
> >> Thank you all for recommendations so far.
> >>
> >>
> >> Daravine: if I could borrow The C Programming Language, 2nd Edition,
> >> by Kernighan and Ritchie. That would be wonderful.
> >>
> >>
> >> Andy: Thank you for the recommendations.
> >>
> >>
> >> Jim: I am looking into coming in on Tuesdays to attend the C class.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Thanks for all the given and upcoming recommendations
> >> Cheers
> >> Rayc
> >>
> >> On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 11:52 AM, jim <jim at systemateka.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Why don't you come by the Turing classroom at 6 PM
> >> some Tuesday evening. That place/time is scheduled for
> >> C programming (and assembler, per interest) on Linux.
> >>
> >> As to books, that depends on your experience. If you
> >> have little or no programming experience, then Stephen
> >> Kochan's ANSI C is probably the best book--it is not
> >> complete but it's a really well written intro to the
> >> language. Also Steven Prata (C Primer Plus) and Robert
> >> LaFore (I forget the title) have very good books for
> >> people just getting into C.
> >>
> >> One of the best books for those who are serious was
> >> put out by MIX publishing. It claims it's written for
> >> intermediate level students, but those must be some smart
> >> and/or determined intermediates. It's divided into two
> >> sections, tutorials and reference. Both sections have
> >> lots and lots of examples, and to have example code for
> >> each library function is rare in a book.
> >> I donated a couple of copies to the library. I'm
> >> afraid that some pinhead threw them out because they're
> >> written for MS-DOS. That they're written for MS-DOS has
> >> nothing to do with their value. It's the explanations and
> >> example code that's valuable.
> >>
> >> The K&R book has two editions: you probably have the
> >> ANSI C edition; check to be sure, as the older edition is
> >> pre-ANSI spec and in a few ways will throw you off.
> >>
> >> There is a huge number of tutorials on the internet.
> >> It takes time to sort through those that make sense to you.
> >> I have links to some that I like. Wikipedia has very good
> >> info on C programming.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Thu, 2012-03-08 at 07:01 -0800, Robert Chu wrote:
> >> > Good morning Noisebridge Community,
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > I have decided to start learning C programming and was
> >> wondering if
> >> > anybody could give me good recommendations on: books,
> >> videos, talks,
> >> > papers, etc. So far I am studying from the book Sam's Teach
> >> Yourself C
> >> > in 21 Days Sixth Edition.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > All resource recommendations are greatly appreciated, and
> >> most likely
> >> > would be a catalyst to my learning.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Cheers
> >> > Rayc
> >>
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