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From: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu (Valdis.Kletnieks at vt.edu)
Date: Mon, 06 Apr 2015 13:02:06 -0400
Subject: Learning things
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 06 Apr 2015 10:43:46 -0700."
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On Mon, 06 Apr 2015 10:43:46 -0700, Joris Bolsens said:

> I'm working on trying to teach myself C and was wondering if you had any
> kernel specific recommendations.

Don't bother trying until you have an actual good working knowledge of C.

Work in userspace where your screw-ups just take the process out, not
the entire system, until stuff like a SIGSEGV becomes a rarity. *THEN*
start considering kernel work.
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