On 19-Jan-99 ktb wrote: > Hi, I posted to the Debian user's group the other day and asked for > advice on which computer language to learn in order to program for > Linux. The language I chose was C. The book to learn from, "Practical > C Programming" O'reilly. Well I tried to make my first program "Hello > World" following the instructions in the book and guess what, I couldn't > get it to work. If I can't learn to do the first simple program, from > supposedly one of the best books to learn C in the Linux environment, > I'm in trouble. I was wondering if any of you know of an email list > such as Debian User's but for people learning C in the Linux > environment? I looked for tutorials online for programming in Linux but > didn't find what I was looking for. I'm new to Linux and haven't > learned a computer language before. I'm thinking about possibly going > to school to learn programming but I'd like to try learning some myself > before I take the big plunge. Any advice would be appreciated. > Thanks, > Kent
There's the newsgroup comp.lang.c, but I've never been inside there, so I don't know what its like. I'm quite willing to answer C questions in private email, however, so mail away.. Jules /----------------+-------------------------------+---------------------\ | Jelibean aka | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | 6 Evelyn Rd | | Jules aka | | Richmond, Surrey | | Julian Bean | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | TW9 2TF *UK* | +----------------+-------------------------------+---------------------+ | War doesn't demonstrate who's right... just who's left. | | When privacy is outlawed... only the outlaws have privacy. | \----------------------------------------------------------------------/
