To the original question, I have long known that the way each of us learns
is different.  You never know if the C seminar would be the spark that
causes you to "get it".  The probability seems low, because they would have
to do it a certain way.  Weighing that against all the other things you
could attend, I'd lean toward the others.

You do have an advantage if you know other languages, in particular,
assembler, as it forms a good basis for understanding "what the machine
does" inside.  However, there's no substitute for practice.  You do just
need to get started somehow.  Also, it doesn't hurt if there's a colleague
at work that used to teach a C course, to answer your questions :)

 John Gardner wrote:

> For the argument against C, check out Tamas' signature line...  :)
>

The fact that you can write in an obfuscated manner doesn't make the
language bad.
There are languages that severely limit what you can do, and there are an
equal amount of complaints about that (possibly more).
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