Eric:

Learn C (enough to do the job) in 3 or 4 days by getting Power C (for $20!) from
Mix Software in Texas (214 783 6001) and, if you can afford it, the Trace C
debugger (also $20), which will make it unbelievably easy to step through and
understand how all that C syntax works.

I still occasionally load this DOS debugger with a snippit of code, just to step
through and verify some odd construct (I suffer from terminal laziness) (or
efficiency, if you prefer). The Power C manual is one of the better C references
available, well worth the $20 itself.

--Tom Rogers  VP-R&D  Time Tech Inc.