When you are learning a new language, what is your favorite first (or close to first) exercise that you do to get the hang of it? And why?
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Preferably looking for things that are more complicated that 'Hello World'.
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Hi, I am learning programming. I plan on learning C and Objective-C this summer. I bought the C for Dummies book but it is a complete waste of time. It's way to many pages! Are there any good books I should read? Or should I just learn C from websites? What would be the fastest way because I really want to learn it fast and start learnin...
I remember stumbling onto a list of basic algorithms to implement in a new language to get your head around how the language does thing, but I seem to have lost the link to it.
What simple tasks/code snippets would you recomend one undertakes to pick get a good feeling of a language?
I'm not talking developing large applications or any...
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i know it depends on many thing. But can anybody tell me how long it should be ? I just want to draw a boundaries between successful and failed attempt to convert myself ?
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I'm an independant game developer/designer, and I'm wondering what specific benefits are there to learning a new programming language. I do my programming in C++ currently, and I want to know if there are any tangible benefits to learning a different language, as in, benefits to writing a game x in language y versus game w in language z...
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sorry ,i was supposed to write c-programming .I am new to programming but i am studying using refernces available on Internet.
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