Learn C programming and the rest will come

Re:Learn C programming and the rest will come by olingern on Friday January 10, 2020 @02:17AM (#22008997)

This is sort of a 'turtles all the way down' sort of issue. You could also say:

> Learn assembly and the rest will come

> Learn binary and the rest will come

> Learn the fundamentals of electricity and the rest will come

...

I think learning the layers below which you typically operate can be beneficial; however, I think the patterns and ideas ( semaphores, scheduling, etc. ) are probably the most beneficial part of an exercise like this -- not the actual C language.

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Re:Learn C programming and the rest will come by 29athrowaway on Friday January 10, 2020 @02:33AM (#22009093)

Those are not "C ideas". They're not a part of the C language standard. Those are usually part of the operating system API.

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