Programming on an iPad is like playing football in a tuxedo: possible in principle but you're really gonna want to use the equipment made to suit the activity.

Programming on an iPad is like playing football in a tuxedo: possible in principle but you're really gonna want to use the equipment made to suit the activity. Get a laptop, put Linux on it. (Or use a Mac, I don't care.) In terms of ergonomics and available tooling, it's much better suited to C development than an iPad is. Most of the iPad solutions will involve shelling out to another computer anyway.