Is it difficult to learn C after learn C# ?

[eric95204]

Me and my friend have been learning C# for a few weeks now and we were interested in making a compatible driver for a game for the raspberry pi since its graphic drivers are open source. I looked into most linux driver tutorials and they use C. I was wondering if learning C after C# is to difficult and if its smart?

[AlwaysFSX]

No, it's just a little bit more complicated. Things aren't as streamlined.

[reiderj8]

I started out using C. It is really not that much harder. It might take a little to get use to the some differences like C has no booleans, no classes and less pre defined functions. The hardest part is going to be able to understand pointers and understand how to  make your own data structures. As far as being smart to learn, it's not a bad language to learn especially if you want to work with programs that require low level access like graphic design or kernel programming.

[Kiwi00000]

C is what I first used.

 

Basically, C is like C# but a little more dumb, it does not have classes, you will be using more procedural style of code.

 

There are many libraries out there that you can use.

 

The hardest part will be learning pointers.

[Lumi]

C doesn't have objects, nor does it have actual booleans, it is a big learning curve to c#. Allocation of memory, dealing with buffer overflows, etc. It's for sure a more difficult language.

[ThreePinkApples]

Yes and no I would say.

 

By knowing C# you have a good understandig of programming allready. C is more complicated and you can be a bit weirded out about how it behaves, maybe.

There are much to think about in C that you don't have to care about in C#.

 

So, it can be a steep learning curve, but worth it, it will give you a better understanding of programming and how everything works

[Darko_Nerivar]

C is procedural. And has that thing that is feared by many - pointers ^____^

Memory allocation is made "by hand" and there is no garbage collector.

But when you get a hang of it - it is not that hard.

 

PS Happy cleaning!

[Noxxx]

I would suggest try to read some driver source code to see if you can understand them. It's very different from writing applications in C#. 

[manon_gfx]

The most difficult part is actually going to be to get into the right mindset. Everything in C# is object oriented, in C you don't get classes, inheritance or polymorphism. You will also have to get used to pointers and having to allocate and clean up memory yourself.

[Darko_Nerivar]

I would suggest try to read some driver source code to see if you can understand them. It's very different from writing applications in C#. 

Woah-woah-woah. A driver? Don't you think that is way too harsh?

[TizzyT]

I would suggest try to read some driver source code to see if you can understand them. It's very different from writing applications in C#. 

Like what @Darko_Nerivar is thinking....I don't think if he is just beginning to move to C he should be looking at source of any drivers lol. Maybe try converting some of his small C# apps to C would maybe be a start.

[Xploda]

Just wanted to point out (C what I did there?  ) that strictly speaking you don't have the exact equivalent of classes, but there is something like "struct", which can make your code look a little more object oriented.

But yes, I have programmed in both C and C#, and even though the name is similar, the programming languages and concepts aren't. It would for example be easy to go from C# to Java or the other way around, but not to C. In any case, making a driver immediately would be way too difficult.

 

Wikipedia: struct