OT: Requesting C advice

[Ian Malone]

George Arseneault wrote:
> Hey All:
> 
> Decided to get back into programing to get my mind out
> of the rut its in.  Got an old text book from a friend
> (C: step by step, printed 1990!) and did man gcc to
> find out about the compiler. Then, did info gcc to
> find something I could understand. Overall, it was
> easier then I thought it would be. I didn't have to
> use any of the options on gcc and kwrite with
> highlighting makes the source code much easier to
> read. (back in '85 it was WordStar and two different
> compilers to get the executable.)
> 
> Now the bad news... C, C++, gnu, several variations on
> the ISO; not to mention all the libraries, etc.  And,
> to top it off, some of the stuff in the book just
> doesn't work.  (A program to demonstrate the various
> types of integer variables and how to display them
> with printf(), failed to show any difference with any
> arguments I could find.)
> 

plain C:
http://www.cs.cf.ac.uk/Dave/C/
http://c-faq.com/

Once you know the basics well learning to use
libraries is a case of reading the documentation
and some example code.

Alternatively look at another language like Python.

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imalone