C grows on you and...

Maybe C grew on you but it has yet to grow on me. I have been programming since before the C language even existed and it has not grown on me so far. I like a high-level language that reads more like English that does C. Regardless of how much an IDE might ease the difficulties of debugging, I take issue with the actual syntax of FOR statements, the use of operators like +=, and the use of {braces}. In any case, I get along fine in my own projects without C.

Thanks for trying to help just the same.

 

Maybe C grew on you but it has yet to grow on me. I have been programming since before the C language even existed and it has not grown on me so far. I like a high-level language that reads more like English that does C. Regardless of how much an IDE might ease the difficulties of debugging, I take issue with the actual syntax of FOR statements, the use of operators like +=, and the use of {braces}. In any case, I get along fine in my own projects without C.

Thanks for trying to help just the same.

@Joseph Watson, I may want to have a conversation with you at some point. My entire life I've been building computers and writing code at language levels you would probably consider scripting. However, when I say "I've been building computers my entire life" obviously I mean assembling computers from the pre-built modules of my era. The coding I do professionally is mostly Ruby-on-Rails, PHP, Java, Javascript, and some rare Python.

Although I'm really familiar with high-level hardware and software, I'm not very familiar with low-level hardware like circuitry and low-level programming languages. In fact they're as extremely interesting to me as they are incomprehensible. Look forward to picking your brain when I get into micro-controllers, especially if it means learning alternatives to C and C++.

 

Maybe C grew on you but it has yet to grow on me. I have been programming since before the C language even existed and it has not grown on me so far. I like a high-level language that reads more like English that does C. Regardless of how much an IDE might ease the difficulties of debugging, I take issue with the actual syntax of FOR statements, the use of operators like +=, and the use of {braces}. In any case, I get along fine in my own projects without C.

Thanks for trying to help just the same.

Nothing wrong with that. I programmed OS level systems in MODULA-2 long ago for the 68000 so I understand the lack of direct human readability of C but the syntax of C was designed to be a close match to what the actual operands are at the machine level so on a small machine like a microcontroller (the PIC18 instruction set was 'optimized' to closely follow C compiler/linker syntax) it's a very good match when every byte counts and most tasks are the bit-fiddling level. Would love to see some of your PIC18 projects.

I'm looking at Oberon for a new home automation project hosted on a RPi2 board but first I need to complete a few SPI protocol kernel drivers in C for the I/O interface.

 

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Hello folks! My name is Chris and I've been lurking about for awhile, finally signed up today. I currently work in Robotics, and am a few months from finishing my Electronics Engineering degree. I've always tinkered with things and built some fun little projects to help me out in life. My current/upcoming project is setting up a friends home beer brew system to be automated. I'm planning to run things with an Arudino Mega, but I've also been tinkering around with the idea of Labview; mostly for my own learning.

I end up spending a bit of time helping friends design simple little systems for their Jeeps to run auxiliary lights, etc. This is especially beneficial to the newer models which use CANBUS. Why buy a pre-made system for X number of $ when you can build it for x number of $.

 

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Hey Y'all! My name is Josh and I live in Virginia Beach. Currently a student at Excelsior College working towards my BSEET, but finished my AGS at Fort Hays State before officially deciding on what I wanted to do, so here we go... I am an active duty Navy Sonar Chief, been in for almost 16 years. Since my background is mainly with circuits and electronics, I figured this was the smart move. However, I hadn't realized just how much things have changed since I received my basic electronics training and skills 15 years ago... It's not exactly like riding a bike, I can tell you that much! When I came into a leadership role, I was more hands off equipment and more hands on admin and record keeping. Not ideal as I like to be in the gear and turning wrenches, but it's all good. I get to teach new Sailors about troubleshooting logic and fixing their own gear. Gives a sense of ownership instead of the "Navy's equipment". Anyway, this forum is awesome. I have only started to scratch the surface here, but can already tell it's going to be a great resource. Thank you all in advance for helping out... I appreciate it.

 

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I am Luiz, from Brazil, and I study Physics Engineering at UFRGS and Computer Engineering at PUCRS.
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My name in Curtis; I am 65 years old, I've been married to the same women for the past 46 years. The two of us had two children; a boy and a girl. They were both born within 3 years of our being married. Our daughter is oldest and she was born 13 months after we were married.


I was drafted into the Marine Corps on August 28th 1968, a week before my 18th birthday, my report date was Monday, 9 September – my birthday was 3 September.


In spite of the many trials and tribulations I stayed with it for 20 years and retired from active duty in May 1991; thereafter, I was hired as a civilian by the Marine Corps and worked these past 20 years for them as a civilian employee, retiring in September 2013 at a pay scale of GS15/7.


All those years my wife worked first for the Marine Corps NAF and later the Air Force as a GS and she too retired in September 2013.


Today we reside in Fort Washington, Maryland. We live about 16 miles – by road – from the Washington monument in downtown DC.


Long ago, while still on active duty in the Marine Corps, I started a hobby of repairing/rehabbing old Vacuum tube type radios and TVs. I continue that hobby today and have a rather well established hobby shop dedicated to that pursuit.


I enjoy messing around in electronics; hence my interest in the "All About Circuits." I hope to engage with others with similar interests, pehaps some locals who wouldn't mind meeting for coffee one or two days a month or so.

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