Hello,
I'm hoping you can help me.
Some twenty-five or more years ago I studied C language for a brief
period using Hisoft's Lattice C on an Atari ST computer. Now,
retired, with time available and with an Intel Apple iMac computer, I
am keen to renew this study.
From recent reading my best course would seem to be to use GCC and,
towards this end, I have acquired Brian Gough's book 'An Introduction
to GCC' and, to refresh my memory, Kerninghan and Ritchie's 'The C
Programming Language (ANSI edition)', having lost the copy of the
earlier edition I once had.
Lattice C came complete with compiler and all necessary system
libraries and header files etc and, using the Lattice C manual and K
and R, I was able to start writing what were to me quite complicated
programs fairly quickly; to my regret most of this is now lost and
forgotten. My problem is that with the C language compilers,
libraries etc that are available now by downloads and otherwise, I am
not at all sure which I should acquire in order to, first, begin my
studies with GCC, and then to gradually progress to more advanced
levels.
I would be grateful for any help you can give me on how, and from
whence, I can acquire the appropriate compiler program, system files
and the standard and other libraries, indeed all I need to start
building and running C programs.
At 86 and with three young grandsons, all knowledgeable about
computers (although not yet into programming) my aim is to learn
enough to surprise them by sending them stand-alone, executable
programs on disk for them to run on their PCs.
Any advice you can give me towards this end, including guides,
tutorials, books etc, which might be of help would be much appreciated.
I much look forward to hearing from you, Yours sincerely, Derek
Warren
