== 2026-08-30 Sunday =

Last year I decided to bite the bullet and learn to code in C.

I don't mean "learn C as an alternative language to what I use
normally"

I mean "learn to code"...."and learn C as my first language"

I did a lot of work, and got along fairly well on the whole, over a
frantic few months. I never felt comfortable, though. I never felt
I had a grasp on more than the basics.

Anyway, I'm gettng back into it.

This is my list of the books I bought last year to help in my
quest. 

	C For Dummies                               Dan Gookin
	Tiny C Projects                             Dan Gookin
	Practical C Programming                     Steve Oualline
	C Programming - a Modern Approach           K.N. King
	The C Programming Language (2nd edition)    Kernigan & Richie
	C Pocket Reference                          (pub O'Reilly)

The K&R is there for the historical perspective....
The K.N King book is geared towards a formal study of C and has
lots of exercise to stretch you.

I stll have all the code I wrote as I worked through the various
books - I didn't make it to the end of K.N King's book, but that's
what I should really consider doing, as the exercises in each
chapter really force you to come up with solutions yourself, and my
problem is that I can often "understand" code that's already
written, but struggle with a blank editor screen and virgin code to
write.

I'm reluctant to sign up to any online tuition courses at the
multitude of sites offering free (or paid for) "Learn C" courses. I
really don't want to learn from a website.

Books are where it's at.

J