Tim- As someone who learned to program by myself, I found taking a similar class very helpful (my circumstances sound the same as yours, except in my case the language was Java). It gave me a good foundation to learn new languages, new technologies, etc. The general approach and concepts will be transferable across languages, though of course the syntax and such will vary quite a bit.
-Esme -- Esme Cowles <[email protected]> "Information wants to be anthropomorphized." -- /. sig On 07/26/2011, at 2:54 PM, Lepczyk, Timothy wrote: > Hi All, > > I work in a digital library and am transitioning to something more like a > programmer and less like a librarian. My strengths are in xslt and unix, but > I've been working some with php and ruby on rails. I'm trying to learn as > much as I can, and am considering enrolling in an intro to C programming > class (free through my university's night school). > > Is this worthwhile, or should I focus my attention elsewhere? > > Thanks, > > Tim Lepczyk
