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- From: Auke.Reitsma@net.HCC.nl (Auke Reitsma)
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- Subject: Re: To Learn C........
- Date: Fri, 15 Mar 1996 23:03:46 GMT
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- HowardB@dreamscape.com (Howard Berg) wrote:
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- > What is a realistic length of time it would take to become proficient
- > in C ? Learning on one's own time as no school around in my rural
- > area and I would have to do it on my study time after work.
- > Only background is some BASIC.
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- Shrug ;-) What is proficient? I'd say a month without doing anything
- else -- except maybe eating and a few hours of sleep a day -- could do it.
- But as you're wanting to do it after work it depends on how tired you are
- after work. It might become a full year ;-)
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- Imho a _good_ teacher and/or solid practice with _good_ people pointing
- out mistakes in your designs and code is MUCH more important than time.
- You can waste an enormous amount of time by acquiring 'bad' habits ...
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- Greetings from Delft, The Netherlands.
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- Auke Reitsma
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