Hello, Anton!
 LP>   I am interested in learning C, but I have very minimal experience with
 LP> programming. I took 1 year of BASIC, but that is it. My question is
ASM> should
 LP> I build my experience up first before attempting to learn C, or should I
 LP> jump right into it? Also, if I do try to learn it, what is the best
 LP> method? Should I take a class or teach myself? In the latter, which book
 LP> is the best?
ASM>     Good ! In Russia we have nice proverb : "The best method to learn
ASM> swim - jump to deep water". So...
ASM>     You need NOT any other learning before... in our Unuversity many
I'm agree with you...
ASM> students learned C++, but many of them did not know nothing except Basic
ASM> before... 
ASM>     Recomendations ? It's simple - begin from first program (tradition
ASM> maked by Kernigan Ritchie) : "Hello, World".
Any C++ development package have some examples of sources. Try it. 
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ASM>                         Do somebody understands my fool speech ?
Yes, I'm understand;) 
Sorry for my English. Andrei Smirnov.
E-Mail: rei@bbs.edisoft.ru
 
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