That's how it is done in universities. That's how I started. My professor even did not allow compilers which can specify errors. We were supposed to find out er

That's how it is done in universities. That's how I started. My professor even did not allow compilers which can specify errors. We were supposed to find out errors on our own. And you know, I had to learn vim first to be able to write anything. He just wanted to make it impossible to have any aid. The recommended book was by Ritchie and Kernighan. http://www.ime.usp.br/~pf/Kernighan-Ritchie/C-Programming-Ebook.pdf http://www.ime.usp.br/~pf/Kernighan-Ritchie/C-Programming-Eb... I enjoy those days and happy that I scored A in his class. It has given me confidence for sure.