I followed the same path. If you’re just learning, you can’t do really fun things in C. Without the inertia fun provides, you’re more likely to get bored or frustrated and quit. Learn a forgiving language that provides a play pen! (That’s not c.)https://twitter.com/wycats/status/935910970852909056 …
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Replying to @generativist
I’m here now. I’m trying to improve my C just for fun, but I’m having a hard time practicing. Taking input from console, then returning output is pretty limited
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Replying to @randyzwitch
Yea. The only time I code in C anymore is either 1) when I need something fast hooked into python and want it language portable so I skip cython or 2) when I’m writing cuda kernels. Useful! But edge cases.
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Replying to @generativist
Yeah, it’s CUDA that I’m really interested in understanding
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Replying to @randyzwitch
Did you try
@zedshaw's LCTHW? (Weird, he has be blocked.) You could work through it in a weekend then move onto the NVIDIA CUDA guide.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @generativist
Yes, I can nominally program in C. It’s just getting all the reps in to feel comfortable. I learned Julia by writing the Twitter package, R by writing a package, but I don’t have a fun project to work on
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Ah, yea. That's how I enter a new space too. Different challenge when you need to bring in a whole team though...
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