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

[leam hall]

Mentally 1 Dec so we have 3 months. I've already started a little, but the
chapters are pretty short.

Again, keep in mind, progress will probably be individual. You may breeze
through something that takes me a couple weeks to get. That will work
great, as you'll be able to answer questions and help me understand. My
next two chapters, 5 and 6, are about memorizing keywords, operators, and
code structures like for loops.

It might be useful to be available on IRC if you want. We all seem to be in
the same timezone so that's a plus. Would that be something you guys are
interested in? What days/times would work for you?


On Wed, Nov 25, 2015 at 1:16 PM, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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