Programming newb.

Just getting into programming. Thinking of making the first language Ilearn C. Thoughts?

I went through this and honestly it was a waste of time. Read SICP and then learn Common Lisp.

>>1 If you plan to use programming as a career, ignore >>2 and start with C or C++.  If it's just a hobby, or for academia, then >>2's suggestions are fine.

Ignore >>2-3. We'll all be programming in Javascript V8 in five years, whether you like it or not.

No one in this thread is trustworthy.

>>3

It is going to be a career thing and it masses sense since it has always been my understanding everything else is derived from C anyway.

Also, i'm new on this board, so i'm curious. What operating systems do you guys use?

Fedora Linux.

>>7
back to /g/, ``please''

I'd suggest trying to get the programming hook deep instead of going straight for C.  Most beginners give up on C after wrestling with a compiler installation or some shit IDE that gives out cryptic error messages.  You won't be able to do anything impressive until you've spent a couple of months

Instead, learn something easy that will make you see the benefits of using something like C without the headaches of using something like C.  I'd suggest Javascript, as your code can run in a browser.  Open a popup box with swear words.  Congrats, instant programming gratification.  With C, you'll spend hours hunting for missing semicolons, undeclared variables, infinite loops, etc.  It's not for the weak.

I spend a decent amount of time doing web dev stuff and my C training definitely helped me become the programmer I am today.  There just isn't a lot of employment opportunities out there for C.  On the other side of the coin, PHP and Javascript... you'll never go hungry fixing some old PHP framework or putting some jQuery on a Wordpress blog.

>>9
not kawaii

Boy, the first language you should learn is ENGLISHE.