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On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 4:16 PM, Gabriel M. Beddingfield  wrote:
> On Wed, 13 Oct 2010, Josh Lawrence wrote:

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>  Sparing you a lot of useless back story here, but for fun a for

>> personal amusement (NOT for serious work), I'd like to start learning

>> a programming language.  If I'm gonna learn one, I might as well learn

>> something that gets a lot of use in the open-source world.  So which

>> one to choose?  C or C++?

>>

>

> C is easy to learn and it's possible to master it very quickly.  Many

> languages (esp. C++) have been based on its ideas and syntax.  I recommend

> starting there.  Good books will have titles like "C for Dummies" or "Learn

> C in 21 days."

>

I might also add that one very useful resource on linux is the GNU libc

manual.  For some types of projects, you won't need anything more than this:

http://www.gnu.org/software/libc/manual/
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On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 4:16 PM, Gabriel M. Bedd=

ingfield <gabrbe=

dd@gmail.com> wrote:
On Wed, 13 Oct 2010, Josh Lawrence wrote:
Sparing you a lot of useless back story here, but for fun a for

personal amusement (NOT for serious work), I'd like to start learning

a programming language. =A0If I'm gonna learn one, I might as well lear=

n

something that gets a lot of use in the open-source world. =A0So which

one to choose? =A0C or C++?
C is easy to learn and it's possible to master it very quickly. =A0Many=

 languages (esp. C++) have been based on its ideas and syntax. =A0I recomme=

nd starting there. =A0Good books will have titles like "C for Dummies&=

quot; or "Learn C in 21 days."

I might also add that one very useful resource on lin=

ux is the GNU libc manual.=A0 For some types of projects, you won't nee=

d anything more than this:http://www.gnu.org/software/libc/manual/
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