Re: Some Advice.

From: Mike Wahler (mkwahler_at_mkwahler.net)
Date: 02/14/04 

Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2004 01:17:03 GMT

"Joec" <joec@annuna.com> wrote in message
news:N9cXb.2961$WW3.1845@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net...
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> Robert W Hand wrote:

[some good advice]

> Wow thanks for the tips.

Yes, imo Bob's advice is always worth listening to.

> Some of them I am learning as I go along. I
> am learning that naming is far more important in C than in Perl.

IMO it's *always* important, regardless of language. It's a
'quality of work' issue, not a language issue.

Source code is primarily for human consumption. Think about
trying to read and understand your code after being away from
it for a year (or more).

> Writing a program and learning is very fustrating.

I feel your pain. We've all been there. :-)
But, learn by doing.

>I want to learn. I
> can read books on syntax and theory all day but it doesn't matter until
> it is applied.

Right. Practice, practice.

Hang in there. :-)

-Mike

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