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