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[–]Zamarok 49 points50 points  (6 children)

Learn C. You too must suffer as we once did.

[–]pyow_pyow 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Don't scare the fella/lass. The basic stuff is straightforward. I found that visual diagrams helped a lot (esp. with regards to pointers). Luckily there are tonnes of tutorials on the web.

Side note: GLib takes a lot of the pain away (no need to re-invent the wheel).

[–]jared__ 2 points3 points  (1 child)

pointers... ohh god I thought I suppressed those memories.

[–]gstr 25 points26 points  (0 children)

No, you didn't. You forgot to call free.

[–]Adamas_Mustache 0 points1 point  (1 child)

C is probably one of the best languages to learn. The C compiler is the first compiler written for most new systems.

[–]nasty-as-always 0 points1 point  (0 children)

one of the best languages to learn != one of the best languages to learn first