C syntax errors -- C400-L

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Hi Buck.

Its been a while.

Thanks for the feedback.
I am getting there I think.
Its a useful link to consolidate initial learning. Thanks.
I recommend do the K&R book first then use the link for revision.

Regards
Frank

date: Tue, 21 Jan 2014 11:20:13 -0500
from: Buck Calabro <kc2hiz@xxxxxxxxx>
subject: Re: [C400-L] C syntax errors

Anyway, my point isn't to denigrate your experience - changing idioms
after a long time in one language is hard! What helped me was the
realisation that I should think of C as a language with little in common
with RPG or Fortran. If you took Latin in school then you spent a long
time conjugating verbs. That idiom is sort of interchangeable between
the various Romance languages, but less so for the Germanic languages
and the wheels come off if you're trying to learn Chinese.
(Ask me how I know...)

I learnt C by working with embedded microprocessors, so I'm not sure I
have any useful advice for someone else learning C aside from: Don't
translate from RPG to C, rather think in C. To that end, have you
looked at Bruce Eckel's 'Thinking in C'?
http://www.mindviewinc.com/CDs/ThinkingInC/

--buck

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