C syntax errors

Hi Buck.

Its been a while.

Thanks for the feedback.
I am getting there I think.
Its a useful link to consolidate initial learning. Thanks.
I recommend do the K&R book first then use the link for revision.

Regards
Frank

>date: Tue, 21 Jan 2014 11:20:13 -0500
>from: Buck Calabro <[email protected]>
>subject: Re: [C400-L] C syntax errors
>
>Anyway, my point isn't to denigrate your experience - changing idioms
>after a long time in one language is hard!  What helped me was the
>realisation that I should think of C as a language with little in common
>with RPG or Fortran.  If you took Latin in school then you spent a long
>time conjugating verbs.  That idiom is sort of interchangeable between
>the various Romance languages, but less so for the Germanic languages
>and the wheels come off if you're trying to learn Chinese.
>(Ask me how I know...)
>
>I learnt C by working with embedded microprocessors, so I'm not sure I
>have any useful advice for someone else learning C aside from: Don't
>translate from RPG to C, rather think in C.  To that end, have you
>looked at Bruce Eckel's 'Thinking in C'?
>http://www.mindviewinc.com/CDs/ThinkingInC/
>
>  --buck
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