diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index b0f6ff5..9b191f0 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,10 +1,37 @@ # Info + A collection of examples, exercises, and experiments while learning the C programming language + ## Resources and tools used + * Book - **The C Programming Language 2nd Edition** *by Dennis Ritchie and Brian Kerningham* * Compiler - GCC >= 8 * Linux OS -The source material used to learn C is from *The C Programming Language 2nd Edition by Dennis Ritchie and Brian Kerningham*. The reason I chose this book is due to numerous programmers acknowledging this as a well put together book explaining the language. The book is concise and achieves the objective of exhibiting how the language can be used and inspires further advancement. Though C is a small language this book serves as a good read to get acquainted. There aren't vast examples or tirades delving into painstakingly detailed concepts. It's a good introductory book. Even more, I get to learn C as C. Instead of falling into the trap when learning a new language without getting used to it. I know C++ but C shouldn't be viewed as C++ without all of the extra stuff. After all, C++ was originally meant to be a subset of C but never did. +The source material used to learn C is from *The C Programming Language 2nd Edition by Dennis Ritchie +and Brian Kerningham*. The reason I chose this book is due to numerous programmers acknowledging this +as a well put together book explaining the language. The book is concise and achieves the objective +of exhibiting how the language can be used and inspires further advancement. Though C is a small +language this book serves as a good read to get acquainted. There aren't vast examples or tirades +delving into painstakingly detailed concepts. It's a good introductory book. Even more, I get to +learn C as C. Instead of falling into the trap when learning a new language without getting used to +it. I know C++ but C shouldn't be viewed as C++ without all of the extra stuff. After all, C++ was +originally meant to be a subset of C but never did. + + +### Note + +This repo is not expecting any more commits. Due to life obligations I've choosen to focus on +other matters. This doesn't mean I've stopped learning C. I'll take a more hands on approach by +working on open source software to further my understanding of the C programming language. + +The reason for wanting to use C was to get a better understanding of how a program works without +the aid of abstractions. I've used C++, including various standards of it from C++ 98 to C++ 20. +As the years goes on and if my interest in C++ does not wane and if there are still applicable +use cases for it, I will continue to increase my C++ knowledge. With that being said, though I +am aware C++ is not C. I've learned quite a bit from C++ that made reading C much easier. With +C I hope to have a tool in my belt where I could use it to create libaries or interfaces for +higher-level languages, write software for embedded devices (I may used C++ instead), or use it +to contribute to open source C projects that I'm interested in.