Every time I've tried to learn C or C++ the instructor or author lays
out all the basics of the language and I do fine. We do a few example
programs like helloworld.c and add/subtract calculators, and I do fine.
Then the excersises jump into geometry or calculus problems, because of
course anyone interested in programming took lots of math in school,
right? And then it's all over. I'm learning, but so far shell script is
where it's at for me.
--
Jack Coates
Monkeynoodle: It's what's for dinner!
On Thu, 5 Apr 2001, David Douthitt wrote:
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>
> > People who are good at C say that C is easy. Every time I attempt
> > to learn C, I fail miserably...
>
> Sounds like what happens to me every time I try to learn LISP or
> Smalltalk.....
>
> The thing I always find fascinating is the textbooks show you how to
> add 5 and 6, but not how to scan a configuration file; or they show
> you how to do a bubble sort, but not how to react to user input. It
> seems as if general disk I/O is a no-no.
>
> Thus, I never seem to be able to find a way to do anything useful in
> languages like LISP or Smalltalk - or even Scheme - I wound up with TI
> PC Scheme on 5.25" once - still have it :-)
>
> Of course, having an expert you can pester helps too....
>
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