[ale] [OT] Anyone up for a 90 Day Wonder Challenge?

[Jim Kinney]

Starting....?
On Nov 25, 2015 1:15 PM, "leam hall" <leamhall at gmail.com> wrote:

> I have the 2nd ed of K&R. Zed makes the recommendation to do that one
> after his. I've always found K&R to be good when I understood it but there
> were a lot of bits I didn't get.
>
> It would be great if we get a sage/mentor/leader/teacher who is good in C.
> I'm pressing forward either way, though.
>
> On Wed, Nov 25, 2015 at 12:50 PM, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> A leader/teacher who is conversant in C is needed. Any volunteers?
>>
>> Etherpad can be used as a group code page/scratch pad.
>>
>> I'm interested as well. I think the only C book I have is K&R. Oh. I
>> found some others: 4th ed C reference (Osborne) and an old course book
>> "Problem solving & program design in C" and O'Reilly "Practical C
>> programming" and "Mathematical functions in C" (I have that in fortran as
>> well).
>>
>> On Wed, 2015-11-25 at 12:25 -0500, Boris Borisov wrote:
>>
>> I'm for the idea. Someone should lead though or just set the goals for
>> next week.
>> On Nov 25, 2015 11:53 AM, "leam hall" <leamhall at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hey Boris!
>>
>> One of the biggest challenges learners face is encouragement. Others are
>> accountability, feedback, and resources.
>>
>> So our "weekly meeting via electrons" might be me saying my goal is to
>> work on Chapters 5 and 6 for the book I'm in. I happen to know those two
>> chapters are memorization so it's a matter of making and using flash cards.
>> Next week you ask me how well I did on my goals. We congratulate each other
>> for doing well, make new goals, and enjoy life.
>>
>> What if we don't make our goals? Okay, we set new ones based on what we
>> think is reasonable. If we get really stumped by a problem we can talk it
>> out to see if that helps us get past the hurdle, or we can go research what
>> char **s[] means, or whatever. Having others to help and encourage seems to
>> help people learn.
>>
>> Make sense? I'm sure we can find some folks here who could clarify things
>> for us but I think we will make better progress if we struggle together a
>> little before reaching out.
>>
>> Leam
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Nov 25, 2015 at 10:04 AM, Boris Borisov <bugyatl at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> How do you see this join learning to take place. Just asking. I could
>> join for learning not relearning.
>> On Nov 25, 2015 9:34 AM, "leam hall" <leamhall at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I'm looking to re-learn C. My goal is to spend the next 90 days working
>> through "Learn C the Hard Way". Anyone up for joining me? Pick your own
>> book or get the same. Don't expect miracles but commit to a few minutes 3-5
>> times a week.
>>
>> Anyone? Buhler?
>>
>> Leam
>>
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>>
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