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>grind & RTFM

Nothing is more true, as I start to relearn C after 20 years, that there is no substitute for the above. Literally, there is no good C tutorial or way to learn other than just writing some goddamn code and trying to make it compile.

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And then release your code and watch the people roll into the comments to tell you how you are doing everything wrong. Where were those people when I was trying to learn? Why haven't they written some God damn documentation? I know C lets you do whatever you want. I don't want to do whatever. I want to write software that is easy to maintain and doesn't fall over in a light breeze.

Exactly! I've started writing just for myself and I'm not going to even listen to people or maybe even never show my work.

There is some helpful literature, though. You might possibly appreciate “Modern C”: http://modernc.gforge.inria.fr/

I'll check it out, thank you.

It's just what I needed, thanks again.

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