C programming

[Stephen Coates]

Has anyone here done any C programming?

I was looking at some of the languages I could learn for my college project and I chose to use either BASIC (probably VisualBasic) or C.

The teacher at college says that C is quite hard to learn, and one of the other students in the class who had learnt C many years ago described it as a 'piece of piss', and leant me some books on VB3, VB6, C, and C++.

I am going to start looking through the C book soon and will probably do it in MS-DOS as that would be the most suitable system for doing my college project in.

I also want to learn some programming in the Amiga and was looking at a couple of websites about C on the amiga, so some of the stuff in these books might be applicable on there as well.

[Buleste]

If you're going to try C on the Amiga then Download StormC as that has the best help guide and is the most PC like in it's display.

[Zetr0]

C is a beautiful language, and one I love, (with C++ of course)

you will find it far more beneficial than visual basic.

there are many FREE compilers and IDE's (integrated developer environments) and a wealth of help online and with google and many forums theres plenty of help.

I used to lecture C at the local college here where I live and it can be difficult but so worth the effort

[Submeg]

Yea C is nice and easy, definately worth learning. I have to use Pascall to do my robot!

[AlexJ]

Done a bit of C, and would suggest it'd suit you fine Steve - it's more 'complex' than other languages, but I suspect like me you'd prefer that, as it's easier to understand why things are happening even if it's a bit more code to make them happen.

[Cortona]

I would also go for C, Steve, as VB is specific to Microsoft and you want to program the Amiga as well. I always found C easier than VB.

The language I had to use for my main programming course a uni was Ada. Really useful if you want to program nuclear missile guidance systems for a career! Not so useful when looking for non-military employment.