G+_Nick Salerni Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 Great first two shows Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ Shannon Morse !! Can't wait to see more. Hopefully C is a language that you will be covering in the future. I believe it is a fundamental language that teaches programmers how the computer functions when you run your program, with out having to learn assembly or machine level programming. Programming in C: Pointers. Learn how to use pointers in C. Pointers are a fundamental concept for programmers to learn. I feel that pointers are one of the first topics a programmer should learn when they start using C. If you have any questions about pointers and how they work, feel free to leave a comment below. :) http://www.thecsguy.com/blog/2014/2/1/programming-in-c-pointers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Lee Crocker Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 It will be very difficult for them to cover C if they stick with Windows, because they'll have to get into the complexity of installing GCC with MinGW or Cygwin or something similar. Microsoft Visual Studio does not compile the C language, only C# and C++. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Nick Salerni Posted February 1, 2014 Author Share Posted February 1, 2014 Lee Crocker I agree, but if they wanted something to challenge even experienced programmers it would be a great start. I would like to see their take on learning C :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Shannon Morse Posted February 2, 2014 Share Posted February 2, 2014 Nick Salerni yes, we will be looking at C in the near future. Every 6-8 weeks or so we will start looking at a new language, and we'll come back and review what we've learned so far at the end of each series. We will not be sticking with the same operating system for the whole show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Nick Salerni Posted February 2, 2014 Author Share Posted February 2, 2014 Shannon Morse sounds great!! The show is great, keep up the good work! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_BrightSilence Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 I agree that C is part of what every programmer should know. I don't agree that it's a language you should start with though. I would start with a more basic language. (Coincidentally, Basic is not a bad language to start with. It was my first.) I'll be the first to openly admit that C has bitten me in the ass many times. It's very powerful if you've mastered it, but also very unforgiving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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