+1

One of the real strengths of C is that most of a program can be made very
visible so you
can find your problem quickly without missing things.  "The Practice of
Programming" and
"Programming Pearls" are a couple of good style books that help establish
good
practices.

Avoid the urge to complicate things - keep code simple, you will thank
yourself in 6 months
when you have to debug an odd problem

On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 1:26 PM, John Ferrell <jferrell13@triad.rr.com>wrot=
e:

> As others have said "k&r the c programming language" is the best place
> to start and may be stay.
> Try to avoid the excessive use of includes and headers & such that muddy
> up the actual code. Some includes are essential to get at common function=
s.
> Note that the "define" directive will let you make things look the way
> you want. I have seen programmers change brackets to begin & end
> statements.
>
> It gets complicated if you choose to use a compiler with its own unique
> GUI. c is as complicated or simple as you choose!
>
> On 9/25/2012 12:53 PM, Steve Smith wrote:
> > Ok I have forced myself to admit that 'C' has its place and programming=
 a
> > 24f in ASM is probably a bit of a stretch....
> >
> > I need a pointer or two to a few basic guides to 'C' as I have always
> > written in ASM all the way back to the Sinclair Science of Cambridge
> MK14...
> > (1979 I think) and a little bit of basic on a commodore pet (with a non
> > qwerty keyboard)
> >
> > All suggestions gratefully received
> >
> > Thanks
> > Steve
> >
> >
>
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