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Chances are you already know C, but don't realize it. Java and PHP have mostly C syntax. All you have to do is substract objects and add pointers. Like rsherid
by radu_floricica 18y ago
Chances are you already know C, but don't realize it. Java and PHP have mostly C syntax. All you have to do is substract objects and add pointers.
Like rsheridan6 said, assembly helps. It's not necessary though, as long as you realize a pointer is actually a memory address and not something abstract like a reference in Java or PHP.
- davidw 18y ago... and figure out how to deal with allocating and freeing things. Taken together, pointers, and manual memory management are a big chunk to bite off. The syntax isn't the problem, in other words.
- silentbicycle 18y agoFor sake of argument: How often is the syntax the primary problem in learning a new language? The examples that come to mind are Forth and APL/K/J (all of which I've only dabbled in), but the reason they have such unconventional syntaxes is because they're conceptually very different.
- radu_floricica 18y agoAnd yet, because of the syntax I don't remember learning PHP. It was pretty much one night of reading the manual to get to know the API, and that was it. They're close conceptually too, not just in syntax.