                    SAMPLE OF THE TEXT OF THE C-TUTORIAL

             Since C is not a beginners language,  I will assume you 
        are  not a beginning programmer,  and I will not attempt  to
        bore you by defining a constant and a variable.  You will be 
        expected to know these basic concepts.   You will,  however, 
        be  expected to know nothing of the C programming  language.  
        I  will begin with the most basic concepts of C and take you 
        up  to  the  highest level of C  programming  including  the 
        usually intimidating concepts of pointers,  structures,  and 
        dynamic allocation.   To fully understand these concepts, it 
        will  take a good bit of time and work on your part  because 
        they  not  particularly easy to grasp,  but  they  are  very 
        powerful tools.   Enough said about that, you will see their 
        power when we get there,  just don't allow yourself to worry 
        about them yet.
        AND SO FORTH.....

                          HOW TO TAKE THIS COURSE

             It is very simple to operate this course. Just download
        1INTRODU.ARC, de arc it then read the text files with your
        word processor and try out the sample source code in your 
        C-compiler. Then download 2STARTED.ARC, read it, and so on.
        If your word processor is not very convenient for reading
        ASCII files, then use any of the text editors in area P of 
        this BBS, or use the C program, LIST which is located here 
        in this area; PRINTEXT.ARC  (There is a compiled version of
        it, but it is much more fun to use the one you compile 
        yourself.)
             I took this course about a year ago. I can't say enough 
        for it. And it was only $10! 
             What I contributed here was to regroup the text for lesson 
        one with the program examples of lesson one. The text of 2 with 
        the examples of 2 and so on.

             This course is so slick you'll think you know C with only 
        14 hours (yes plan on about an hour per chapter) of time. It may
        seduce you into a false sense of knowing, but I think that is
        better than erring on the side of self doubt which is what you 
        feel when you look at a thick book or take a course but can't 
        spend the required 10 hours a week doing homework.

              Review by Walter Clark  OCA-BBS  (714) 738-4331                                                                  