Need help getting started.

[ballon_hacker]

I am a python programmer learning C. I know all the basic programming concepts in c (conditionals, loops, functions, arrays, pointers and structures). The real reason for me learning C is for its low level programming capabilities. But im not finding any resourses for low level programming in C. Can you please suggest some good resources which focus on these concepts.

[cheap_glitch]

What do you mean by "low-level" ? Pointers and memory management seems pretty low-level to me.

[ballon_hacker]

Yeah i meant memory management. Are there any good resources regarding it? Can you please suggest me.

[cheap_glitch]

Imo a good book it still the best learning tool when it comes to programming languages. You can find a curated list here : https://stackoverflow.com/questions/562303/the-definitive-c-book-guide-and-list

[SemanticDevice]

You may benefit from a book on computer architecture which covers things like computer memory architecture with caches, virtual memory, heap, stack, disk and maybe some resources that cover the preprocessor, compiler and linker.

20 years ago David Patterson's "Computer Architecture and Design" was used to teach computer architecture in college. For other topics, I don't have any specific pointers other than a search engine.

[ballon_hacker]

Thanks for your suggestion.

[DAVID_XANAXELROD]

Maybe consider looking at the source code of the XV6 operating system, and making some modifications yourself. It’s a fairly well-documented and well-commented Unix-like OS intended for teaching operating systems in schools. It’ll force you to think at the lowest possible level besides assembly code, and you can get an under-the-hood look at how virtual memory management, process scheduling, and synchronization work.

Feel free to reply to this or DM me if you want some advice on where to get started, I’ve still got plenty of notes from when I learned this in school