Learning C

I’m learning C. Never thought I would, but I am now because I picked up a book on iPhone development and felt like I needed more of a background in C before I could get started. I’ve learned things in a half-assed way in the past, trying to intuit and ending up hacking my way around.

For example, I learned PHP in 2000 and used it a good deal for my own amusement, then pursued C# for a while and spent many years battling with ActionScript 1 through 3. I thought 3 was when they finally got it right, and then jQuery hit and got popular. I totally got dot syntax. I dabbled with Python and Ruby somewhere in there too.

So, when I started getting into PHP again via WordPress and needing to learn to develop plugins, I was confused by OOP constructs that have popped up in the language.

things like this: echo $obj->scalar; are just plain ugly.

I was looking for dot syntax and there was none.

Is learning C like a homecoming? Starting over with a behemoth that I always heard was difficult? Not really. Most of the concepts I already know from my meanderings in codeland. But it is fun, in an uber geeky way.

Oh, and I decided to start blogging again.