[SML] learning C

Jerry Durand jdurand at interstellar.com
Thu Dec 29 18:12:11 UTC 2016


1) very little

2) small embedded stuff.

3) he said he's got a plan going now from the suggestions he received
and sends thanks.

On 12/29/2016 07:41 AM, Alex French via Stagecraft wrote:
> Instead of just saying something helpful, I would always ask at least
> two follow up questions-
>
> 1) What programming experience does he have?
>
> 2) What are his goals?  Learn some basic programming? Program a
> specific physical thing or build a specific physical thing from
> scratch that relies on C? Write code to extend something that uses C? 
> Work on a specific project (open source) that uses C?
>
> Knowing a little more would point to really different resources,
> target levels of depth, and/or just arguing (helpfully or unhelpfully)
> about whether learning C is really what he wants.
>
> Alex French

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