You'll learn to feel every line of code you write This is exactly how I felt when I started writing C. I started out with .NET and Java. Both had quite high a

You'll learn to feel every line of code you write This is exactly how I felt when I started writing C. I started out with .NET and Java. Both had quite high abstraction levels, and not much deep integration with hardware. I took my control statements, conditionals, and high-level object-based programming for granted -- I never WANTED to learn C. I took one look at K&R and was turned off by the insane amount of low-level work you had to do compared to Java or Python, even to write a simple character counter. I came back to it. I was slow at first, I was confused, but I learned how to write in C. I learned how to control memory myself. I learned how to do my own text handling. I learned how to avoid buffer overflows and segfaults. In many ways, it's like going from a Mercedes-Benz to a Miata. There's a lot less comfort, and you have to do a lot more of the shifting and oversteer yourself when the Benz used to do it for you, but you really feel yourself driving, and when you step back into the Mercedes, you feel numbed. It's the same with C.