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Taking a more hands on approach to learning C. Focusing on other matters at the moment
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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.
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.