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In article <rshaw.0365@theborg.mlb.fl.us>, rshaw@theborg.mlb.fl.us (Ron) writes:
> What makes it harder for new  Amiga would be programmers to learn programming
> on the amiga is the lack (especially in the past) of adequate information on
> how to get started. I have found that most new C programmers in the amiga
> environment (without any prior knowledge of C) actually though that they could
> pick up an amiga specific C programming book or purchase SASC or Manx & learn
> C language. They had a real shock when they realized that was not the case.
> In this area we have quite a few IBM C programmers and students with amiga's
> that took a C programming Couse & still were unable to grasp Amiga C.
> IBM C programmers in the area, just gave up.
> Hopefully with the new 2 tech disk/mag journals coming out, more of the
> problems will be allieviated
> 
> Ron Shaw.....                 The only good 8 bit computer is a
>                               Dead 8 bit compter....

 I have learned what I know about C language from reading the manual which come
with a compiler and scanning over other people's source. 

 I actually found the Amiga C easier to grasp then Turbo C on an MS-DOS machine.
 The hardest part with the MS-DOS machine was trying to get good examples of
how to address the hardware without breaking portability rules (i.e. no using
X = 0x278; Y = 10; *X = Y;). 

 I guess I'm just different.

Darrell Grainger