> Does knowing C require knowing Linux\Unix? More specificially, if you're going to use C on Unix/Linux, I think you have to know both. > You can learn C synt

> Does knowing C require knowing Linux\Unix? More specificially, if you're going to use C on Unix/Linux, I think you have to know both. > You can learn C syntax and how to compile it with pretty minimal Linux\Unix exposure. Just because the "hello world" of the language is easy, does not mean the rest of the language should be just as fool-proof. I read the HN comments from the first time this was posted, and the top comment told a story about some students experimenting with fork bombs. When the sysadmin found what they were doing, the text he gave them to learn better was, "A Commentary on the Sixth Edition Unix Operating System," colloquially called Lions Notes. [1][2] To me that makes the case clearly that that language and that set of OS tools are very closely entwined, and if present together should not be expected to exist in isolation. It does sound like you had a deficient education regarding C. I think that means you needed a better education, however, and I think a lower level language built by and for programmers who know what they are doing should not be dumbed down to the level of badly taught undergrads. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8205960 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8205960 [2] https://cs3210.cc.gatech.edu/r/unix6.pdf https://cs3210.cc.gatech.edu/r/unix6.pdf