Is trying to self-teach C a mistake

>>57671181
c if you wanna learn how computers work
python if you wanna apply stuff

both good choices, if u are good at c then learn some c, it's really interesting

>>57671212
What this anon said. Also here is meme

probably yes. it's hard and unrewarding. if you learn a higher level language, you see results earlier and that will keep you motivated.

if you have formal teaching, i think learning c first is better, since you learn the intricacies which are important and it also makes you value many of the things higher level languages do for you, at the cost of performance, while at the same time having a better grasp of what's happening. but when you're on your own, you gotta divide and conquer, so a higher level language is more recommended

>>57671181
>hobby
Go

>>57671212
Thanks anon, I want to know/do both but I think I'll go with c first. If I can do that then python should not be that hard.

>>57671335
I see your point. If my brain can't get a grasp of c I'll probably youtube-dl some lectures on it and see if that helps if not then I'll move to python or something. Thanks for the feedback.

>>57671384
you might want to take a look at go (go-lang or golang if you're searching for it). it's got good documentation, should be popular in the future and aims to simplify programming as well as having decent performance

not that python is bad, but i don't think it's a good idea for newcomers to use it in general, despite a lot of the advice for it. it gives you bad habits if it's your first language

>>57671181
Learn assembly

>>57671181
If you need directions, check out /r/dailyprogrammer on Reddit. Yeah, I know, this is 4chan, Reddit sucks, but that particular sub is great for improving your skills.

>>57671181
>Hello all and Happy Thanksgiving. I'm starting to teach myself C programming just out of curiosity and for a hobby.

You can start with Quick Basic 64. It's a good entry level programming language for hobbyists. It doesn't have advance features of other high level languages but it has a huge library of functions that allow you to do almost anything. The IDE that comes with it is a bit slow so you might want to use your own IDE for it.

>>57671347
Python is not hard anyway. You have to be severely mentally disabled to fail learning python