[Coco] C language

[John Guin]

I'd suggest "going back in time" and getting a book from the 80s.  While C hasn't changed that much since then, the other stuff (IDEs, OS, etc...) have changed drastically.  My thinking here is that a book from the 80s would be more similar to the OS0 environment.

I remember this book from that timeframe: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Going-from-Basic-to-C/302335002242?epid=44977&hash=item4664920682:g:yLYAAOSwX61ZL1yh
I used it to ramp up quickly back in the day.
There was also a "Teach Yourself C in 24 days" or hours or similar that was pretty good as a review.  If you have used an Arduino,

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From: Coco <coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com> on behalf of Salvador Garcia via Coco <coco at maltedmedia.com>
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Cc: Salvador Garcia <salvadorgarciav at yahoo.com>
Subject: [Coco] C language

I've done a fair amount of C programming in the past, but now that I would like to take it up again, I find myself struggling with a Hello World program and those @s and *s look more like parts of bad words. I've done some Arduino programming, but I find that many of my program statements look more like the following:

pinMode(LED_BUILTIN, OUTPUT);


and

digitalWrite(LED_BUILTIN, HIGH);


Not exactly hard core C<g>. I am looking for a good C programming lesson. I've searched for these and get some, but many are just Hello World tutorials and some take me to C++, java or even (gasp) C#. Sometime in the future I would like to get into CMOC for the CoCo, so I am looking for material that will get me up to speed on this language.

For example, right now I would like to know how to parse a directory path. Looks like a job for char arrays and strings... but I no longer have a handle on these. Any recommendations for online material is greatly appreciated! I don't mind starting with simple stuff, but would like it to go beyond the basics of this language.

Thanks all!! Salvador


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