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i got much help here for JAVA

many people helped me understanding code and algorithms

is there a good forum like this one

for C ??
 
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Hi tim roland welcome to Javaranch ,

is there a good forum like this one

for C ??


I doubt if there is something as good as Javaranch

There are many C forums out there, maybe you should Google for one.
One I knew but never used was programmersheaven or something similar.
 
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I have read about 20 books on C. Granted, that was in the 80's. I then taught C and C++ for a long time - plus made lots of shareware/freeware contributions.

There are forums here where you can ask about C.

But here is the most important advice you will ever get about C: Read the first 2/3 of the K&R book. It is a small, expensive book. About $40. The last third of the book is lousy reference stuff. Most C programmers suck. And if you work on a team of C programmers, their crap will shoot holes in any decent code. In my experience, every C programmer that sucked had never read the K&R book. And every excellent programmer did.

It has everything to do with getting your head completely around the concept of pointers. And having good programmer discipline. The K&R book will get the pointer stuff to stick in your head proper. Other books just don't (didn't) seem to do that.

Good luck!
 
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those pointers! java has made our life so easy... the thing that I always hated about C was the "documentation" which barely made any sense (then!) unless it was accompanied an example.
 
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You might try stackoverflow.com, they're a friendly bunch.
 
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Originally posted by paul wheaton:
...Read the first 2/3 of the K&R book. It is a small, expensive book. About $40...


$40 is cheap if the information is good!

(I might need to pick that book up myself. )
 
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