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Re: Good bootstrap application to learn C for what C is intended for?

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Jorgen Grahn wrote:
> On Wed, 2013-06-05, Bart van Ingen Schenau wrote:
> ....
>> As programming, regardless of the language, can become tedious at times,
>> the best advise for a spare-time project is to look for things that
>> interest you.
>> In my experience, that is a hard requirement if you want to see the
>> project to a successful end. Without the interest factor, after a while
>> you /will/ find better things to do with your spare time.
>
> Yes.  And safest is to pick something which is useful before it's 100%
> complete.  (Writing unit tests helps somewhat -- they aren't useful in
> that sense, but at least you get to see your code running.)

One way unit tests can help in maintaining interest is they allow the 
programmer to experiment (or try a new language) in non-production code.

-- 
Ian Collins

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Good bootstrap application to learn C for what C is intended for? Tinxx <jeti789@web.de> - 2013-06-05 04:22 -0700
  Re: Good bootstrap application to learn C for what C is intended for? Öö Tiib <ootiib@hot.ee> - 2013-06-05 04:59 -0700
  Re: Good bootstrap application to learn C for what C is intended for? Bart van Ingen Schenau <bart@ingen.ddns.info.invalid> - 2013-06-05 14:45 +0000
    Re: Good bootstrap application to learn C for what C is intended for? Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2013-06-05 21:17 +0000
      Re: Good bootstrap application to learn C for what C is intended for? Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2013-06-06 11:07 +1200
    Re: Good bootstrap application to learn C for what C is intended for? Tinxx <jeti789@web.de> - 2013-06-06 01:22 -0700
      Re: Good bootstrap application to learn C for what C is intended for? Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2013-06-06 15:26 +0000
        Re: Good bootstrap application to learn C for what C is intended for? Seebs <usenet-nospam@seebs.net> - 2013-06-07 22:19 +0000
          [OT] Lua Ivan Shmakov <oneingray@gmail.com> - 2013-06-08 17:31 +0000
            Re: [OT] Lua Tinxx <jeti789@web.de> - 2013-06-09 12:00 -0700
            Re: [OT] Lua David Brown <david@westcontrol.removethisbit.com> - 2013-06-10 09:29 +0200
              Re: [OT] Lua "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2013-06-10 09:48 +0100
            Re: [OT] Lua David Brown <david@westcontrol.removethisbit.com> - 2013-06-10 09:30 +0200
  Re: Good bootstrap application to learn C for what C is intended for? James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2013-06-05 10:55 -0400
  Re: Good bootstrap application to learn C for what C is intended for? "osmium" <r124c4u102@comcast.net> - 2013-06-05 10:02 -0500
    Re: Good bootstrap application to learn C for what C is intended for? Rosario1903 <Rosario@invalid.invalid> - 2013-06-05 21:55 +0200

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